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Map  of  Connecticut,  Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island,  with  side 
trips,  and  including  the  route  from  New  York  to  Boston,  and 

from  Boston  to  Providence  and  Fall  River   page  68 

Map  of  New  Jersey  Folded  in  front 

"      Westchester  County,  N.  Y  

"      Long  Island   " 

Staten  Island,  N.  Y  

The  Route  to  Boston  page  67 

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Acquackanonk,  N.  J   22 

Albany,  N.  Y  89,  90,  92 

Allenhurst.  N.  J   30 

Amherst,  Mass   81 

Ansonia,  Conn   74 

Arliugton,  Mass   83 

Arlington.  N.  J  ...12,  23 

Arrochar,  S.  1   87 

Arthur  Kill,  S.  1   15 

Arverne,  L.  1   43 

Asbury  Park,  N.  J   30 

Astoria,  L.  1   89 

Avon,  N.  J   30 

Baldwins,  L.  1   45 

Ballston  Spa,  N.  Y   89 

Bartow,  N.  Y   54 

Bath  Beach,  L.  I. . .  .31,  32,  33  36 

Bayonne,  N.  J   15 

Bay  Ridge,  L.  1   33 

Bays  water,  L.  1   44 

Bedford  Park,  N.  Y   51 

Belden  Point,  N.  Y   55 

Belle  Haven,  Conn   61 

Belleville,  N.  J  12,  22 

Belmar,  N.  J   30 

Bensonhurst,  L.  1   33 

Bergen  Beach,  L.  1  31,  38 

Bergen  Point,  N.  J  .11, 12,  15, 

23,  86 

Berkshire,  Mass   81 

Beverly,  Mass   83 

Black  Rock,  Conn   74 

Bloomfield,  N.  J  12,  21 

Blythebourne,  L.  1   35 

Bogota,  N.J   28 

Borough  Park,  L.  1   35 

Boston,  Mass. 47,  61,  69,  70, 81, 

83,  84,  92 

Boston  Common,  Mass   83 

Boston  Post  Road,  N.  Y. . . .  52 

Boston  Subway  82  83 


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Botanical  Garden,  N.  Y. .  .48, 
Bound  Brook, N.  J..  11,  12,  17, 

18,  85 

Bowery  Bay,  L.  1  31,  39 

Boy n ton  Beach,  N.  J   16 

Bradley  Beach,  N.  J   30 

Brain  tree,  Mass   92 

Branch  Brook  Park,  N.  J. . . .  21 

Brick  Church,  N.J... .      12,  21 

Bridgeport,  Conn.  .71,74,75,  76 

Brighton  Beach, L.I... 31  37.  38 

Brighton  Beach  Race  Track  38 

Bristol,  Pa  13,17,84,  85 

Brockton,  Mass   92 

Bronxdale,  N.  Y  48,  53 

Bronx  Park,  N.  Y  51,  53 

Bronx  River,  N.  Y   52 

Bronx ville,  N.  Y   59 

Brookfield,  Mass   82 

Brooklyn  Jockey  Club,  L.  I. .  34 

Buffalo,  N.  Y   92 

Burlington,  N.  J  17,  84,  85 

Byram  River,  N.  Y   64 

Caldwell,  N.  J  12,  21 

Caldwell,  N.Y   90 

Calvary  Cemetery,  L.  1   40 

Carlstadt,  N.  J   25 

Cambridge,  Mass   83 

Camden,  N.  J  84,  85 

Canarsie,  L.  1  31,32,  38 

Casanova,  N.  Y   53 

Castleton,  N.  Y   90 

Castleton  Corners,  S.  1   88 

Catskill  Mountains,  N.  Y   90 

Cedarhurst,  L.  1   44 

Central  Bridge,  N.  Y   50 

Charlestown,  Mass   83 

Chelsea,  Mass    83 

Cherry  Hill,  N.  J  25,  26 

Cheshire,  Conn   76 

Chicago,  111   92 


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Citv  Island,  N.  Y  54,  55,  56 

Cleveland,  Ohio   92 

Clifton,  N.  J   22,  25 

Clifton,  8.  I   87 

Clovena,  S.  I   88 

Clove  Road,  S.  1   88 

Cohoes,  N.  Y   89 

College  Point,  L.  I   41 

Concord,  Mass   83 

Concord,  S.  1   88 

Coney  Island,  L.  I.  .31.  32,  37,  38 

Coney  Island  Creek,  L.  I   37 

Coney  Is.  Jockey  Club.  L.  I. .  37 

Connecticut  Farms,  N.  J   19 

Connecticut  Valley  78,  79 

Corona,  L.  1  39,  40 

Cos  Cob,  Conn  47,  61,  65,  67 

Coytesville,  N.  J  ....12,  28 

Cranford,  N.  J  12,  16 

Creedmoor,  L.  I   43 

Cypress  Hills  Cemetery,  L.  I.  40 

Danbury,  Conn   90 

Darien,  Conn  72,  73 

Deal  Beach,  N.J   30 

Dedhani,  Mass   92 

Derby,  Conn   74 

Detroit,  Mich   92 

Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y  58,  61 

Doylestown.  Pa   85 

Dunton,  L.  1   43 

Dunwoodie,  N.  Y   57 

Dyker  Meadow,  L.  1   33 

Eagle  Rock,  N.  J  12,  20 

East  Brookfield,  Mass   82 

East  Chester,  N.  Y  ...  .47.  55,  59 

East  Hartford.  Conn   79 

East  Long  Branch,  N.  J   30 

East  New  York,  L.  1  42,  43 

East  Rutherford,  N.  J   25 

East  Walpole,  Mass   92 

Eaton  town,  N.J   30 

Echo  Bay,  N.  Y   62 

Edgemere,  L.  1   43 

Edgewater,  N.  J   28 

Elberon,  N.  J  .   30 

Elizabeth,  N.  J  12,  15 

Eliza bethport,  N.  J   86 

Elmhurst,  L.  1   40 

Elmsford,  N.  Y  61,  65 

Empire  City  Track,  N.  Y  . .  50,  57 

Enfield,  Conn   80 

Englewood,  N.  J  11,  28 

Erie,  Pa   92 

Fairfield,  Conn  72,  73 

Fairport,  Ohio   92 

Fairview,  N.  J   25 


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Fall  River,  Mass  69,  84,  92 

Farmington,  Conu   78 

Far  Rockaway, L.I.  .31,41,43  44 

Featherbed  Lane,  N.  Y   50 

Flatbush,  L.  I   37 

Flatlands,  L.  1  32,  37,  38 

Flushing,  L.  1  31,  39,  40, 

41,43,  44 

Fordham,  N.  Y  48,  51 

Forest  Hills,  Mass  82,  92 

Forest  Hill,  N.  J   22 

Fort  Edward,  N.  Y   89 

Fort  Hamilton,  L.  I ....  31 ,  32,  33 

Fort  Lafayette,  L.  1   33 

Fort  Lee,  N.  J  11.  12,  28 

Fort  Schuyler,  N.  Y  54,  56 

Fort  Wadswortb,  S.  1   87 

Franklin,  N.  J  12,  22 

Freeport,  L.  1  31,44,  45 

Garden  City.  L.  1   44 

Garfield,  N.  J   23 

Garretson,  S.  1   87 

Garrison's  Lane,  L.  1   43 

Glen  Island,  N.  Y   62 

Glen  Ridge,  N.  J  12,  21 

Glens  Falls,  N.  Y   89 

Gloucester,  Mass   83 

Grant  City,  S.  1   87 

Gravesend,  L.  1   34 

Greenwich,  Conn. 47,  61, 62,  64  67 

Greenwood  Cemetery  32,  40 

Grove  Street,  N.  J   21 

Guttenberg,  N.  J   27 

Hackensack,  N.  J  11,23,  25 

Haledon,  N.  J   25 

Hammels,  L.  1   43 

Harrison,  N.  Y   61 

Hartford,  Conn . .  71 , 76, 77,  78,  79 

Hasbrouck  Heights,  N.  J   23 

Hastings,  N.  Y  47,  58,  59,  61 

Hempstead,  L.  I  31,  44 

High  Bridge,  N.  Y  48,  57 

Highland  Avenue,  N.  J   20 

Hillcrest,  N.  J   21 

Hingham,  Mass   83 

Hoboken.  N.  J   24 

Holland  Hook,  S.  I   86 

Hollands,  L.I   43 

Hollis,  L.  1   43 

Hollywood,  N.  J   30 

Holy oke,  Mass   81 

Homestead,  N.  J  12,  24 

Homewood,  L.  I   35 

Housatonic  River,  Conn   74 

Howland  Hook,  S.  1   86 

Hudson,  N.  Y   90 

Hunt's  Point,  N.  Y   53 


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Indian  Harbor,  Conn   65 

Indian  Orchard,  Mass   81 

Ingleside,  L.  I   43 

Interlaken,  N.  J   30 

Interstate  Park,  L.  1   43 

Inverness,  N.  Y   59 

In  wood,  L.  1   43 

Irvington,  N.  J   12 

Irvington,  N.  Y  58,  59,  61 

Isles  of  Shoals,  Mass   83 

Jamaica,  L.  I  31.  41 ,  43,  44 

Jamaica  Meadows,  L.  1   43 

Jerome  Avenue,  N.  Y   50 

Jerome  Park,  N.  Y   50 

Jersey  City,  N.  J   15 

Kearnev,  N.J   23 

Keyport,  M.J  12,  18 

Kinderhook,  N.  Y   90 

Kingsbridge,  N.  Y  48,  57 

Kings  Highway,  L.  I   34 

Kittery,  Maine   83 

Lake  Compounce,  Conn   78 

Lake  George,  N.  Y   89 

Lakeview,  N.  J  22,  25 

Lansing  burgh,  N.  Y   89 

Larchmont,  N.  Y  47,  61,  62 

Larchmont  Manor,  N.  Y.  .47,  62 

Laurel  Hill  Cemetery,  L.  I  . .  40 

Lawrence,  L.  I  3i,  43,  44 

Lefferts  Park,  L.  T   35 

Leicester,  Mass   82 

Leonia,  N.J  13,  28 

Lexington,  Mass    83 

Little  Falls,  N.  J  12.  25 

Little  Ferry,  N.  J  12,  26 

Livingston,  S.  1   86 

Lie  w  elly  n  Park,  N.J  12,  21 

Lodi,  N.J  23,  25,  28 

Long  Beach.  L.  I   45 

Long  Branch,  N.  J   30 

Long  Island  City,  L.  1   41 

Long  Meadow,  Mass   79 

Lowell,  Mass   83 

Ludlow,  Mass   81 

Lutheran  Cemetery,  L.  I   40 

Lynbronk,  LI  31,  44,  45 

Lynn,  Mass   83 

Mamaroneck,  N.  Y  .47,  61 ,  63,  65 

Manchester,  Conn   78 

Manhattan  Beach  31,  37 

Mansfield,  Mass   92 

Maplewood,  N.  J  19,  20 

Marblehead,  Mass   83 

Mariners1  Harbor,  S.  1   86 

Marlboro,  Mass  81,  82 

Maspeth,  L.  1   40 


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Maspeth  Cemetery,  L.  I.  ...  40 

Matawan,  N.  J. . .  T   18 

Mauch  Chunk,  Pa   83 

May  wood,  N.  J     £3 

Meadow  Brook  Hunt,  L.  1. . .  44 

Mechanicsville,  N.  Y   8lJ 

Medford,  Mass   83 

Melrose,  N.  Y   5  J 

Meriden,  Conn   76 

Merrick  Road,  L.I   44 

Metropolitan  Jockey  Club. . .  44 

Metuchen,  N.  J  12,  17,  18 

Midland  Beach,  S.  I   87 

Middle  Village,  L.  1   40 

Milburn,  N.  J   12 

Milford,  Conn   75 

Milldale,  Conn   77 

Milton  Lower  Mills,  Mass   83 

Mineola,  L.  1  31,  44,  45 

Montclair,  N.  J  12,  21 

Morrisania,  N.  Y   50 

Morris  Park,  L.  1   43 

Morris  Park  Race  Track,N.  Y. 

48,  52 

Mosholu  Parkway,  N.  Y   53 

Mountain  Station,  N.  J   20 

Mount  Carmel,  Conn   76 

Mount  Olivet  Cemeterv,  L.  I.  40 

Mount  St. Vincent,  N.  Y. .  .48,  57 

Mount  Tom,  Mass   81 

Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y. .  .47,  48, 

50,  51,  52,  53,  57,  59,  60,  61 

Mount  Zion  Cemetery,  L.  I. .  40 

Mystic  Valley,  Mass   83 

Nahant,  Mass   83 

Nantasket,  Mass   83 

Narrows  (The)  N.  Y.  Bay. ...  33 

Nashua,  N.  H   83 

Natick,  Mass  82,  83 

Needham,  Mass   82 

Neponset,  Mass  83,  84 

Nepperhan,  N.  Y  57,  59,  60 

Newark,  N.  J  11,  15,  20 

New  Bedford,  Mass   92 

New  Brighton,  S.  1   86 

New  Britain,  Conn   76 

New  Brunswick,  N.  J.  .12,  17, 

18,  85 

New  Canaan   72 

New  Dorp,  S.  I   87 

New  Haven,  Conn.  .47,  69,  71, 

76  77 

New  Paltz,  N.  Y   91 

Newport,  R.  I   92 

New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.. .  .47,  60, 

61,  62 

Newtons,  Mass   82 

Newtown,  L.  1   40 


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Newtown,  Pa   85 

New  Utrecht,  L.  1   36 

New  York,  N.  Y ...  69,71 ,78,  85,  91 

Noroton,  Conn   74 

Northborough,  Mass   82 

North  Beach,  L.  1  31,  39 

Northampton,  Mass   81 

Norton,  Mass   92 

Norton's  Point,  L.  1   37 

Norwalk,  Conn  72,  73 

Norwood,  Mass   92 

Nutley,  N.J  12,  22 

Ocean  Crest,  L.  1   44 

Ocean  Grove,  N.  J   30 

Oceanport,  N.  J   30 

Ocean  Side.  L.  1   45 

Orange,  N.  J  12,20,  21 

Orange  Mountains,  N.  J   11 

Ossining,  N.  Y   90 

Overpecl?  Creek.  N.  J  25,  28 

Ozone  Park,  L.  1   43 

Palisades  (The),  N.  J   28 

Palmer,  Mass   81 

Parkville,  L.  1   38 

Parson's  Corners   60 

Passaic,  N.  J.ll,  12,  22,  23, 25,  28 

Paterson,  N.  J   11 

Pelham,  N.  Y   47 

Pelham  Bay,  N.  Y   60 

Pelham  Bay  Park,  N.  Y.  .53,  54 

Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y   62 

Pelham  Neck,  N.  Y  54,  56 

Pelham  Parkway,  N.Y.51, 52,  55 

Pell's  Point,  N.  Y   60 

Perth  Amboy  . .  .11,  12,  16-18,  87 

Philadelphia,  Pa. . . .  13, 17,  84,  85 

Pigeon  Cove,  Mass   83 

Pittsburg,  Pa  11,  92 

Plainfield,  N.  J  11,  12,  16,  17 

Pleasure  Bay,  N.  J   30 

Plymouth,  Mass   83 

Pocantico  Creek,  N.  Y   66 

Point  Lookout,  L.  1   45 

Portchester,  N.  Y..  .47,  61,  64,  91 

Port  Huron,  Mich   92 

Port  Morris,  N.  Y  48,  53 

Port  Richmond,  S.  1   86 

Portsmouth,  N.  H   83 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y   91 

Princeton,  N.  J  17,  85 

Prohibition  Park,  S.  I   88 

Prospect  Park,  L.  1  32,  37 

Providence,  R.  1  69,  84,  92 

Queens,  L.I  31,43,44,  45 

Queens  Borough  Heights...  43 

Quincy,  Mass  83,  92 


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Rahway,  N.  J  13,16,  17 

Raritan,  N.  J  12,  17 

Raritan  River,  N.  J  12,  17 

Ravenswood,  L.  1   39 

Red  Bank,  N.J   29 

Richmond,  S.  I   87 

Richmond  Hill,  L.  1   42 

Ridgefield,  N.  J  12,  25 

Ridgewood,  L.  1  39,  40 

Riverdale,  N.  Y  48,  50,  57 

Riverside,  N.  J   25 

Rockaway  Beach,  L.  1   43 

Rockaway  Hunt,  L.  1   44 

Rockaway  Park,  L.  1  31,  43 

Rock ville  Centre,  L.  I. .  31 ,  44,  45 

Rosebauk,  S.  1   87 

Rosedale,  L.  1   45 

Roselle,  N.  J   16 

Roseville,  N.  J   21 

Roton  Point,  Conn   74 

Round  Lake,  N.  Y   89 

Ro  wayton,  Conn   74 

Roxbury,  Mass   82 

Rutherford,  N.  J  12,  23 

Rye,  N.  Y  47,  61 

Rye  Beach,  N.  Y  47,  61,  64 

Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  S.  I   86 

St.  George,  S.I  86,  87,  88 

Salem,  Mass   83 

Sandy  Hill,  N.  Y   89 

Saratoga,  N.  Y   89 

Saratoga  Lake,  N.  Y   89 

Saugatuck,  Conn   72 

Savin  Rock,  Conn   75 

Scarsdale,  N.  Y   60 

Schodack.  N.  Y   90 

Schroon  Lake,  N.  Y   89 

Schuylerville,  N.  Y  56,  89 

Scotch  Plains,  N.  J   16 

Sea  Gate,  L.I   37 

Seaside,  L.  1   43 

Secaucus,  N.  J  12,  24 

Sewaren,  N.  J   16 

Sheepshead  Bay,  L.  1   37 

Shelton,  Conn   74 

Shippan  Point,  Conn   72 

Short  Hills,  N.  J  12,  18 

Shrewsbury,  N.  J   30 

Singac,  N.  J  12,  25 

Sing  Sing,  N.  Y  90,  91 

Somerville,  N.  J  16.  17 

South  Amboy,  N.  J. . .  .11,  12,  18 

South  Beach,  S.  1   87 

South  Framingham,  Mass. . .  82 

South  Glastonbury,  Conn. ...  78 

South  Greenfield,  L.  1   37 


South  Mountain  Reservation, 
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20 
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18 
80 
82 
44 
92 


South  Natick,  Mass  

South  Norwalk.  Conn  

South  Orange,  N.  J  «i 

Southport,  Conn  

South  River,  N.  J  M> 

South  Windsor,  L  onn  

Spencer,  Mass  •  • 

Springfield,  L.I  43, 

Springfield,  Mass..  .78,  79,  80, 
Stamford,  Conn. 47,  61,  6o,  67, 

71, 

Stapleton,  S.  1  87, 

Stratford,  Conn  74, 

Steinway,  L.  I  

Swampscott,  Mass  

Tarrytown,  N.  Y.  .  .47,  58,  61, 

Taunton,  Mass  

Teaneck,  N.  J  

Thorn psonville,  Conn  

Throgs  Neck,  N.  Y  •  •  • 

Tompkinsville,  S.  I  87, 

Torresdale,  Pa  

Totteuville,  S.  I  

Totowa,  N.  J  

Travers'  Island,  N.  Y  

Tremont.  N.  Y  5U, 

Trenton,  N.J  13,  17  84, 

Troy,  N.  Y  •• 

Tuckahoe,  N.  Y. . . .  47,  57,  59, 

Ulmer  Park,  L.  I  

Union,  N.  J.  ■  •  • 

Union  Hill,  N.J  12, 

Unionport,  N.  Y  

Union ville,  L.  I  


72 
88 
76 
39 
83 

65 

92 

28 

80 

54 

88 

84 

87 

25 

62 

51 

85 

89 

60 

33 
19 
26 
54 
33 


Vailsburg,  N.J  •••*•••  2? 

Valley  Road,  Orange,  N.  J. .  21 

Valley  Stream,  L.  I ...  31,  44,  45 

Van  Cortlandt,  N.  Y  48,  57 

Van  CortlandtPark,N.Y. 49,50,  53 

Van  Nest,  N.  Y   54 

Van  Pelt  Manor,  L.  I   35 

Verona,  N.  J  12,  21 

Wallingf ord,  Conn . .  67,  69, 76,  77 

Walpole,  Mass   92 


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Ware,  Mass  69,  76. 

Warren,  Mass  

Warrensburg,  N.  Y  

Washington  Bridge,  Conn.. 

Waterford,  N.  Y  

Watervliet,  N.  Y  

Watsessing,  N.J  

Wave  Crest,  L.  I  

Weehawken,  N.  J  

Wellesley,  Mass  

Wequahic  Reservation.  N.  J. 

West  Brookfield,  Mass  

Westchester  (town),  N.  Y.48, 
Westchester  Co.  Club,  N.  Y. . . 

West  End,  N.  J  

Westerleigh,  S.  I  ...... ... 

West  Farms,  N.  Y.  .47,  48,  51, 

52,  53, 

Westfield,  N.  J  12, 16, 

West  New  Brighton,  S.  I  

West  Orange,  N.  J  12,  20, 

West  Palmyra,  N.  J  

Westport,  Conn  

West  Roxbury,  Mass  

West  Warren,Mass  69, 

White  Plains. 47,  59,  60,  61, 6o, 
Williamsbridge,  N.  Y..47,  48, 

51,  52, 

Williamsburgh,  Mass  

Winchester,  Mass  

Winfield,  L.  I  

Winter  Hill,  Mass  

Woburn,  Mass  

Woodlawn  Cemetery,  N.  Y . . 

48,  50, 

Woodmont,  Conn  

Woodside,  L.  I  

Worcester,  Mass  

V/yoming,  N.  J  

Yalesville,  Conn   £7 

Yardley  Pa   "5 

Yonkers,  N.  Y .  .47,  50,  56,  57,  61 

York,  Maine   ™ 

York  Beach,  Maine   83 

Zoological  Park,  N.  Y.  48,  51,  52 


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Ex  JStbrtfi 

SEYMOUR  DURST 


Wky  Written. 


VERY  simple  set  of  circumstances  brought  this 
trolley  book  into  being.  Ever  since  trolley  roads 
began  to  spread  out  into  the  country  regions  around 
New  York  this  compiler  has  been  traveling  over 
them.  All  these  explorations  he  has  had  to  make 
himself.  Routes  poor  and  routes  indifferent  he  had  to 
journey  over  to  pick  out  the  pleasant  ones.  There  is  no  need 
for  this  ground  to  be  gone  all  over  again  by  man  or  woman. 

Trolleying  has  a  thousand  fascinations,  and  is  the  most  inex- 
pensive of  sports.  It  can  lead  the  explorer  into  a  hundred 
and  more  pleasant  places,  and  make  him  forget  his  cares.  He 
has  scenery,  history,  fresh  air  for  his  objects.  And  many  a  tired 
woman  and  child  who  cannot  leave  town  in  the  summer,  it  is 
hoped,  will  be  made  more  comfortable  from  what  is  in  these 
pages. 

To  the  average  man  and  woman  they  are  dedicated. 


Suggestions. 

NE  thing  must  be  impressed  upon  the  Trolley  Explorer, 
that  no  one  trolley  volume  can  be  absolutely  accurate 
on  every  point.  Through  cars  run  here  where  chang- 
ing was  necessary  yesterday,  transfers  are  given  at  this 
point  now  where  extra  fares  were  demanded  before,  or 
transfers  have  been  stopped.  New  portions  of  lines  may 
have  been  built,  or  certain  old  parts  of  roads  have  been  given  up. 

Everywhere  conductors  and  transfer  agents  should  be  ques- 
tioned. The  latest  news  about  their  routes  and  their  connections 
these  men  have  been  posted  upon.  This  cannot  be  too  strongly 
insisted  upon  on  the  part  of  travelers  by  trolley.  The  routes 
given  here  are  little  more  than  suggestive.  Quite  possible  bet- 
ter or  additional  ones  can  be  figured  out. 


In  Acknowledgment 

For  photographs,  descriptions,  suggestions  as  to  routes  and  his- 
toric details,  the  compiler  is  indebted  to  many  people.  He  would 
most  especially  thank : 

Silas  W.  Niles,  of  the  Newark  Evening  News. 
George  H.  Daniels,  New  York  City. 
E.  W.  Bullinger,  New  York  City. 
Alonzo  Church,  Newark. 
Andrew  Wilson,  New  York  City. 
Albert  G.  P.  Speyers,  New  York  City. 
Charles  C.  McBride,  of  the  Elizabeth  Journal, 
S.  C.  Stivers,  Hoboken. 
James  B4  Irwin,  Elisabeth. 


Over  New  Jersey. 

OR  long  and  delightful  trolley  rides  over  well  peopled 
country  sides,  through  varied  suburbs,  amid  handsome 
residences,  over  meadows  and  plains,  up  into  hills  and 
mountains  and  regions  of  a  wild  grandeur  that  would 
never  be  looked  for  on  the  very  edge  of  New  York  city, 
New  Jersey  holds  the  palm.  There  are  literally  weeks 
of  trolley  journeying,  by  many  routes,  upon  the  plain  that  extends 
to  the  base  of  the  Orange  Movintains,  up  around  the  hills  of 
Paterson,  in  the  valleys  of  the  Passaic  and  the  Hackensack, 
south  through  middle  New  Jersey  out  to  Ple^irvf  ield  and  Bovind 
Brook  and  the  very  old  Amboys,  on  the  road  to  PKile^del- 
pr\ie>..  Lowlands  and  hills  bristle,  too,  with  spots  of  historic 
interest,  and  views  of  scenic  beauty  are  to  be  numbered  by  the 
hundred. 

At  Newark  the  start  for  practically  all  of  these  points  must 
be  made.  At  the  junction  of  Broad  and  Market  streets,  Newark, 
cars  may  be  taken  for  anywhere  in  New  Jersey  ;  even,  by  a  round- 
about way,  to  Ervglewood  and  Fort  Lee  and  Bergen  Point. 
There  are  more  direct  routes  than  by  way  of  Newark,  however, 
to  Passaic  and  Paterson,  Bergen  Point,  Hackensack  and 
Englewood. 


SOUTH  MOUNTAIN  RESERVATION  FROM  NORTH  END — ORANGE  MOUNTAINS 


12 


Trolley  Exploring. 


Though  its  maps  make  it  seem  a  perplexing  network  of  trolley 
rails,  New  Jersey  disentangles  itself  to  the  tourist  of  an  afternoon 
into  a  dozen  distinct  and  separate  fine  trolley  routes. 

From  Newark  (by  way  of  Cortlandt  and  Desbrosses  or  West 
Twenty-third  Street  ferries,  with  the  choice  of  two  lines,  the  "Plank 
Road  n  and  the  "Turnpike,1'  both  reaching  the  Broad  and  Market 
Street  corner). 

To  Elizabeth,  Eliza^bethport  (connecting  here  with 
Stat  en  Island  by  ferry),  Cranford,  Westfield  (with  a  line 
along  to  Hahway  and  Perth  Amboy),  PI  ©.infield, 
Bound  Brook  (here  a  connecting  road  along  the  Raritan 
River  to  New  Brvirvswick,  Metvichen,  South  River, 
South  Amboy  and  Keyport),  Somerville  and.  Ra^ri- 
tar\.    To  Trenton  and  Philadelphia.    [Route  1.] 

To  Irvington  and  Milburn,  just  this  side  of  Short  Hills, 

the  entrance  to  the  great  South  Mountain  Reservation  (Essex 
County  Parks).    [Route  2.] 

To  South  Orange  and  West  Orange  to  the  foot  of  the 
Orange  Mountains.    [Route  3.  J 

To  Brick  Church,  Orange,  West  Orange,  Llewellyn 
Park,  Eagle  Rock.    [Route  4.] 

To  Bloomfield,  Glen  Ridge,  Montclair,  Verona, 
Caldwell»  up  in  the  mountains.    [Route  5.] 

To  Belleville,  Nvitley,  Franklin,  Passaic,  Pater- 
son,  Little  Falls,  Singac.    [Route  6.] 

To  Arlington,  Rutherford,  Hackense^ck.    [Route  • .] 

From  Cortlandt,  Desbrosses  and  West  Twenty -third  Street  ferries  : 
To  Bergen  Point,  a  ferry  connecting  to  Port  Rich- 
mond, Staten  Island.    [Route  8.] 

From  Christopher  and  Barclay  Street  ferries : 

Across  the  Hackensack  Meadows  to  Secaucus,  Ruth- 
erford, Pe^sseac,  Patterson,    Little   FaJls,  Singac. 

[Route  9.] 

From  Fourteenth  Street  ferry  : 

Along  the  old  Bergen  Turnpike  to  Homestead.  New  Dur- 
ham, Granton,  Fairview,   Ridgefield,  Little  Ferry, 
Hackensack,  Cherry  Hill.    [Route  10.] 
Union  Hill  car  to  Fort  Lee.    [Route  11.] 

From  Forty-second  Street  ferry : 

To  Fort  Lee  and  Coytesville.   [Route  12.] 


Over  New  Jersey, 


13 


From  Edgewater  (ferry  foot  of  West  One  Hundred  and  Thirtieth 
Street) : 

To  Fort  Lee,  Leonia,  Ervglewood,  Hackensack,  Lodi, 
Passaic,  Hasbrouck  Heights.    [Route  13.] 

At  the  Cortlandt  street  ferry  trolley  tickets  can  be  purchased  into 
Newark  (including  the  passage  across  the  river)  for  ten  cents.  The 
trip  averages  about  50  minutes.  On  the  car,  upon  the  additional 
payment  of  two  or  three  cents,  transfers  can  be  had  from  the  Broad 
and  Market  street  corner  to  anywhere  within  the  Newark  city 
bounds. 


ROUTE  1. 

South  from  Newark  to  Elizabeth,  to 
Westfield,  Sewaren,  Perth  Amboy,  Plain- 
field,  Bound  Brook,  New  Brunswick, 
South  Reiver,  South  Amboy,  Keyport, 
Somerville  and  Raritan.  Also  Trenton, 
Bristol  (Pa.).  Philadelphia. 


Trenton  and  Philadelphia  Eoute^  see  pages  i7,  8U,  85. 

As  the  Elizabeth  car  moves  off  from  the  Broad  and  Market 
street  corner  down  Broad  street  southward  the  trolley  explorer  must 
not  fail  to  catch  a  glimpse,  fleeting  as  it  may  be,  of  two  of  the  most 
historic  and  interesting  points  in  all  New  Jersey.  Both  are  in  Broad 
street,  but  two  blocks  south  of  where  the  car  is  boarded,  one  a 
quaint  and  ancient  church  to  the  left,  the  other  a  business  building 
to  the  right,  three  doors  below  the  corner  of  William  street.  The 
latter  is  the  site  of  the  old  Presbyterian  parsonage,  Aaron  Burr's 
birthplace  ;  the  former  Newark's  famous  old  First  Presbyterian 
Church. 

The  plot  of  ground  marked  by  the  church  is  the  spot,  literally, 
where  New  Jersey  began.   Driven  out  of  Connecticut  by  religious 
oppression  a  handful  of  Blue  Presbyterian  Yankees  from  the  town 
of  Milford  settled  here  in  1666,  upon  the  invitation  of  Sir  George 
Carteret.   New  Jersey  did  not  exist  until  they  came.   The  town 
they  founded  on  the 
edge  of  the  meadow, 
NEW  ARK  according 
to  one  tradition,  was 
for  many  a  long  year 
only  this  congregation. 
Cleverly  did  these  free- 
men   and  burgesses 
manage.    The  church 
members  made  up  the 
town    meeting,  and 
the    pastor    was  by 
far  the  most  important 

Official.  SOUTH  ORANGE  GOLF  CLUB  HOUSE — NEW  JERSEY. 


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Trolley  Exploring. 


The  old  burial  ground 
yet  remains,  with  rail- 
road yards  encroaching 
upon  it.  The  edifice  of 
to  day  is  the  second 
church  (enlarged) ;  its 
cornerstone  laid  in  1787. 
It  was  first  worshipped 
in  111  years  ago.  Its 
early  ministers  all  be- 
came very  noted  men. 
Abraham  Pierson,  its 
second  pastor,  was  after- 
wards President  of  Yale 
College.  Another  of  its 
divines,  the  Rev.  Aaron 
Burr,  father  of  Aaron 
Burr,  the  statesman, 
went  from  this  pulpit 
to  found  Princeton  Col 
lege  (in  Elizabeth),  later 
moving  it  to  its  present 
site.  Dr.  Edward  Dorr 
Griffin  became  President 
of  Williams  and  Dr. 
James  Richards  Presi- 
dent of  Auburn  Theo- 
logical Seminary. 

If  the  traveler  can 
spare  the  time  it  w^ill  be 
far  better  for  him  to  ex- 
plore for  half  an  hour 
about  the  Broad  and 
Market  Street  junction. 
Much  more  than  half  an 
hour,  indeed,  might  be 
profitably  spent.  This  is 
the  old  "Four  Corners1' 
of  Newark,  dating  from 
the  earliest  days  of  the 
town.  The  old  church 
and  graveyard  by  them- 
selves are  worth  more  than  a  casual  inspection,  and  there  is  much 
else  to  be  seen.  Down  West  Park  Street,  close  to  Broad,  a  block 
or  so  north  of  Market  street,  are  the  rooms  of  the  New  Jersey 
Historical  Society,  open  to  the  public  every  day  except  Sunday. 

Here  are  many  extraordinary  relics— the  old  Colonial  grants 
from  King  Charles  the  Second  to  James,  and  from  James  to  Car- 
teret and  Lord  Berkeley,  a  portrait  of  Aaron  Burr  and  another  of 
Captain  James  Lawrence,  Lawrence's  hat  and  coat,  and  a  marble 
bust  of  Pauline  Bonaparte  by  Canova,  to  name  but  a  few.  A  few 
blocks  further  on  is  the  old  Training  Ground  of  the  settlers,  now 
Military  Park. 

Two  blocks  north  of  Market  street  along  Broad  is  to  be  seen  one 
of  the  strangest  mechanical  plants  in  all  America.  It  is  the  old 
"Incline"'  that  lifted  canal  boats  up  and  down  a  hill,  from  one 
canal  level  to  another.  The  canal  is  little  operated  now,  just 
enough  to  hold  its  charter,  yet  the  strange  sight  may  occasionally 
be  seen.  The  "Incline"  is  in  full  view,  however. 


THE  HISTORIC  OLD  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 
NEWARK,  N.  J.,  OVER  A  CENrURY  OLD. 

Courtesy  of  Newark  Evening  News. 


Over  New  Jersey.  15 

It  can  be  looked  at  from  Broad  street,  standing  on  the  bridge  that 
goes  over  the  canal  here.  The  ''Incline"  is  to  the  west.  The  lane 
of  water  ends  in  a  steep  roadway  with  grass  growing  upon  it.  At 
the  top  of  this  the  canal  proper  commences  again. 

The  boats  are  carried  up  and  down  this  roadway  in  halves  (each 
boat  being  made  in  two  complete  pieces)  in  a  "  cradle,11  a  great 
wooden  framework  that  dips  down  into  the  water,  clutches  half 
of  the  boat,  and  lifts  it  out  into  the  air.  Turbine  wheels  furnish 
the  power,  and  there  are  two  "cradles,'1  one  going  up  while  the 
other  comes  down. 

To  the  east  of  the  Broad  street  bridge  the  canal  passes  under 
the  old  market,  a  distance  of  three  blocks.  Here  there  is  no  tow 
path  and  the  horses  have  to  be  left  behind.  It  is  a  practical  tun- 
nel. The  boat  once  inside  is  poled  along  or  pushed  with  the  hands 
against  the  stonework  overhead. 

It  is  seven  miles  run  ^ross  country  into  ElizabetK,  55  min- 
utes' run,  and  the  fare  from  Newa.rk  is  10  cents.  The  ride  is 
an  uninteresting  one,  but  it  is  the  only  way  to  reach  the  district  of 
Middle  Jersey  with  its  high  ground  unless  a  very  roundabout  course 
is  taken— from  Jersey  City  to  Bergen  Point  (Bayonne), 
across  by  ferry  to  Port  Richmond,  Staten  Island,  by  trolley  to 
Howland  Hook,  across  on  the  ferry  of  Arthur  Kill  and  thence 
two  miles  by  trolley  up  to  Elizabeth's  centre.  From  New  York, 
however,  this  is  not  at  all  a  roundabout  way.  Its  cost  from  Jersey 
City  would  be  but  5  cents  more  (25  cents),  and  it  would  take  even  a 
little  less  time.   (See  R^ovite  57.) 

On  the  way  to  Elizabeth,  while  yet  in  Broad  street,  the  site  of  the 
old  Gouverneur  Mansion  is  passed,  where  Washington  Irving 
stayed  with  Archer  Gilford  and  wrote  his  ''Salmagundi.11 

The  car  also  passes  (20  minutes'  journey  away  from  Broad  street 
corner),  just  as  the  meadows  are  reached,  one  of  the  new  chain  of 
Essex  County  parks, 
Wequachic  Reser- 
vation. This  especial 
park  has  had  less  done 
to  it  than  the  others 
of  the  system,  but  it  is 
even  now  a  fine  pleas- 
ure ground.  It  will 
have  a  speedway  and  a 
lake  when  completed. 


Elizabeth  is  one  of 
the  oldest  of  cities, 
brimful  of  Colonial  and 
Revolutionary  memo- 
ries. Princeton  Col- 
lege, as  has  been  said,  Wallace  house,  somerville,  n.j.,  Washington's 
was    founded     here.  headquarters,  1778-1779, 


16 


Trolley  Exploring. 


Here  began  the  historic  King's  Highway  that  ran  to  Philadelphia. 
The  old  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Elizabeth  is  very  nearly  as  old 
as  is  that  of  Newark,  and  the  Episcopal  Church,  St.  John's,  dates 
back  to  1708.  Its  burial  ground  has  been  famous  for  generations 
for  the  graves  of  notable  New  York  families  its  few  acres  contain. 

For  Elizabeth  was  for  many  years  a  town  of  Colonial  and  early 
American  fashion.  Its  traditions  are  the  highest  and  the  most  ro- 
mantic. It  was  from  Elizabeth  that  George  Washington  embarked 
for  New  York  on  the  occasion  of  his  inauguration  as  president.  The 
landing  stage  was  at  the  foot  of  Elizabeth  avenue,  then  "Water  street. 

There  are  still  standing  of  the  great  Colonial  mansions,  Abyssinia 
(at  the  corner  of  Elizabeth  avenue  and  Fifth  street),  and  Ursino. 
Abyssinia  is  now  appropriately  named,  since  it  has  fallen 
through  the  years  until  it  has  become  a  negro  tenement 
house.  But  generations  ago  it  was  one  of  the  great  man- 
sions of  the  country.  Here  came  and  built  James  Tharp  Lawrence 
of  Jamaica,  West  Indies,  bringing  with  him  his  pack  of  hounds. 
There  were  famous  days  of  fashion  in  the  great  mansion.  Ursino 
(now  owned  by  Senator  John  Kean)  is  likewise  very  old.  It  was 
formerly  the  property  of  the  Livingston  family,  and  John  Jay 
stayed  there.  It  was  originally  known  as  "Liberty  Hall.11  Many 
alterations  have  been  made  in  it,  however.  Revolutionary  romances 
abound  within  its  walls. 

On  leaving  Elizabeth  the  meadows  are  behind,  and  the  way 
leads  into  a  country  of  fine  trolley  riding,  gradually  up  into  the  hills 
until  Somerville  is  passed,  a  region  of  pretty  suburbs  everywhere, 
From  Elizabeth  into  Plev.ir\field  it  is  fourteen  miles,  and  the 
fare  is  15  cents.  FLoselle,  Crawford.  Westfield  and  Scotch 
Plains  are  the  towns  passed. 

TO  RAHWAY  AND  PER.TH  AMBOY. 

Before  the  little  town  of  Westfield  is  reached,  however,  a  cross 
country  line  joins  the  main  road.  This  leaves  the  region  that  is  now 
skirting  the  foothills  of  the  Orange  mountain  chain,  and  stretches 
down  to  the  shore,  along  the  lower  waters  of  the  ArtKur  Kill  that 
bounds  Staten  Island  upon  the  west.  It  extends  to  Perth.  Amboy, 
twelve  miles  away,  and  touches  Sew  a.  re  rv  and  Boyrvton 
Beach  on  the  Kill. 

This  is  a  trolley  line  hardly  known  except  by  near-by  residents, 
and  yet  it  is  a  delightful  trip.  From  Westfield  to  Perth  Am- 
boy takes  68  minutes  and  the  fare  is  15  cents.  From  New  York  the 
time  would  be  a  little  over  three  hours,  if  all  connections  were  madt. 
and  the  fare  would  be  45  cents.  This  line  leads  to  some  very  famo^js 
fishing  grounds  (Sewarerv)  and  excellent  bathing  grounds  at 
Boynton  Beach.  The  line  touches  RaLhway,  and  from 
.^erth  Amboy  the  ferry  can  be  taken  to  Totterwille,  State 
Island. 

A  train  could  be  boarded  from  Tottenville  to  Grant  City, 

Staten  Island,  and  the  rest  of  the  journey  made  by  trolley  to  St, 
George.  There  are  no  trolleys  on  the  lower  end  of  Staten  Island  yet. 


Over  New  Jersey.  17 

Another  alternative  trip  here  is  by  way  of  Metucherv,  Now 
Brunswick,  Bovind  Brook  and  Plainfield  to  Westfield 
from  Perth  Amboy.   Or  reverse  from  Westfield.   See  below. 

From  Westfield  a  free  transfer  is  given  on  this  road  as  far  as 
Rahw&y. 

Rahway  is  quaint  in  its  older  portions.   It  was  known  as  Spank- 
town  during  the  Revolution,  and  there  was  a  scrimmage  there. 
At  PertK  Amboy  are  still  the  remains  of  Revolutionary  bar- 
racks.  Tottenville  has  many  famous  old  houses,  and  there  is  a ' 
local  Revolutionary  ghost  of  great  repute. 

It  is  difficult  to  imagine  it,  but  Perth  Amboy  wras  once  a 
rival  of  New  York.  There  still  meet  here,  holding  their  meetings 
once  a  year,  the  "  New  Jersey  Society 11  that  claim  ownership  over 
New  Jersey. 

A  bridge  is  now  being  constructed  across  the  Raritan  River,  join- 
ing Perth  Amboy  and  South  Amboy,  and  trolley  cars  will  run  over 
it.  This  closes  up  perhaps  the  most  important  "  break  "  in  the  elec- 
tric car  systems  of  Jersey,  and  will  make  possible  much  new  excur- 
sioning.  A  fine  trip  hardly  known  to  New  Yorkers  would  be  from 
Perth  Amboy  around  by  way  of  New  Brunswick  back  to  Perth 
Amboy,  when  this  bridge  is  completed. 

BACK  ON  THE  MAIN  LINE. 

Few  prettier  residential  towns  are  in  existence  than  Plainfield. 
A  spice  of  history  adds  itself  to  the  town's  modern  charm,  since  it  is 
known  that  on  Washington  Rock.  betwreen  Plainfield  and  Bovind 
Brook,  Washington  stood  and  watched  the  British  encamped  at 
New  Brunswick.  There  is  at  least  a  two  mile  walk  to  the  Rock 
from  the  nearest  trolley  point,  however.  By  now  hilly  ground  has 
been  reached,  and  New  York  is  far  away.  Any  trips  beyond  this 
will  need  a  long  day  for  their  accomplishment.  There  is  much 
fascinating  trolley  territory  beyond,  nevertheless.  The  lines  are 
given  briefly : 

To  Bound  Brook  (main  line)  from  Plainfield  46  minutes,  10 
cents,  8  miles.    To  Raritan  (further  up  in  the  hills)  from  Bound 
Brook  36  minutes,  5  cents,  6  miles,  passing  through  Somervillo. 
TO  TRENTON  AND  PHILADELPHIA. 

Through  service,  New  York-Trenton,  has  been  this  spring 
installed,  the  cars  following  the  line  noted  above  to  New  Bruns- 
wick. From  Trenton  the  Trolley  Explorer  has  a  choice  of  three 
routes  into  Philadelphia.,  a  steamboat  ride  down  the  Delaware 
River,  a  trolley  ride  by  way  of  Bristol,  Pa.,  or  one  via  Bvirling- 
ton,  N.  J.   For  particulars,  see  pages  84  and  85. 

RARITAN  RIVER— RARITAN  BAY. 

The  ride  to  New  Brunswick  from  the  hills  to  the  west  has 
been  close  to  the  beautiful   Raritan  River,  through  a  most 


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beautiful  country  of  villas  and  rural  life.  If  time  is  no  object 
this  trolley  land  should  most  certainly  be  visited. 

From  New  Brunswick  the  lines  run  out  yet  further  eastward 
to  the  shore.  One  road  has  already  reached  Key  port,  through 
South  River,  South  Amboy  and  Matawan.  The  other  bends 
to  the  north,  stretching  to  Metuchen  and  thence  to  PertK 
Amboy  (see  PertK  Amboy  on  page  16.)  The  first  route  can  be 
covered  in  about  two  hours  at  a  cost  of  some  30  cents,  tbe  second 
(into  Perth  Amboy)  in  a  little  over  an  hour  for  20  cents. 

A  road  is  now  building  from  Keyport  to  Red  B&nk,  about 
12  miles. 


ROUTE  2. 

To  Irvington  aLi\d  Milburn,  close  to 
Short  Hills,  up  on  the  ridge  of  the  Orange 
Mountains. 


One  advantage  this  short  line  (less  than  an  hour  in  time  from 
the  Broad  and  Market  street  corner,  Newark,  and  but  15  cents 
from  New  York)  possesses — it  whirls  the  traveler  quickly  up  into 
the  grandest  region  of  the  Orange  Mountains,  into  a  section,  too, 

that  is  rapidly  becoming 
one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful residentially— SKort 
Hills.  At  the  route's 
end,  within  a  compara- 
tively short  walk,  is 
SovitK  MovirvtaJn 
Reservation,  on  the 
ridge  of  South  Mountain, 
the  finest  of  the  chain  of 
new  New  Jersey  parks, 
a  region  utterly  wild, 
primeval  and  returned 
to  nature,  full  of  small 
game  and  with  the  last 
of  the  hunting  lodges  that 
wealthy  New  Yorkers 
have  occupied  for  gener- 
ations now  cleared  away. 
Connecticut  farms  Presbyterian  church  In  all  the  land  on  the 
at  Springfield,  n.  j.  outskirts  of  New  York 

Courtesy  of  Newark  Evening  News,     there  is  nothing  like  this. 


Over  New  Jersey.  19 

The  man  or  woman  who  can  walk  will  find  a  pilgrimage  to 
Union  in  the  valley  to  the  south  no  bad  journey  for  a  summer 
afternoon.  Leave  this  trolley  car  at  Maplewood.  It  is  two 
miles  to  this  old  settlement  that  during  the  Revolution  was  known 
as  Connecticut  Farms.  The  story  told  here  is  of  the  old  church 
that  is  still  standing  and  its  fighting  parson,  James  Caldwell. 
When  the  British  approached,  Parson  Caldwell  was  in  the  front 
ranks.  The  wadding  for  the  charges  gave  out,  and  the  dominie 
hurried  into  the  church.  He  returned  loaded  down  with  hymn 
books.  "Give  'em  Watts,  boys,  give  'em  Watts!"  he  called,  and 
he  tore  the  hymn  book  leaves  into  shreds  that  the  muskets  might 
be  loaded. 

Close  at  hand  is  a  tavern  Washington  is  said  to  have  stopped 
at,  the  "Old  Meeker  Inn." 

South  Movmtain  Reservation  can  also  be  entered  by  way 

of  Wyoming,  the  town  just  beyond  Maplewood,  but  the  climb 

is  too  steep  here. 


EAGLE  ROCK,  NEAR  WEST  ORANGE,  N.  J. 


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ROUTE  3. 

To  South  Orange  a.nd  West  Orange, 
Maplewood,  connecting  with  line  to  Moun- 
tain Station  and  West  Orange. 


A  ride  of  5  miles  through  pleasant  residential  sections  of  New- 
ark and  Orange  (fare  5  cents  from  Broad  and  Market  streets), 
passing  through  Vailsbxirg.  Between  Sovith  Orange  and 
Vailsburg  is  the  famous  Seton  Hall.  At  Sovith  Orange,  a 
connecting  route  skirts  the  mountain  side  at  the  end  of  the  valley 
in  a  wonderfully  fine  run  of  4  miles  to  Movir\tairv  Station, 
Highland  Avenue  and  West  Orange  (5  cents  additional;. 
At  this  latter  point  there  is  a  free  stage  transfer  into  Orange.  At 
Highland  Avenue  another  car  may  be  taken  to  Eagle  Rock. 
From  South  Orange,  where  a  roadway  leads  up  into  South 
Movintain  Reservation,  the  main  line  extends  at  the  moun- 
tain's foot,  in  the  opposite  [direction  (southwest)  into  Maple- 
wood. 

ROUTE  4. 

To  Brick  Church,  Orange,  West  Orange, 
Llewellyn  P^rk,  E&gle  Rock. 


Eagle  Rock,  the  terminus  of  this  7  mile  5  cent  line  from 
Broad  and  Market  streets,  Newark,  is  the  second  in  importance 
of  the  great  Jersey  parks  that  were  only  started  four  years  ago,  and 
even  now  are  not  quite  complete.  Eagle  R.ock  Reservation 
is  somewhat  smaller  than  South  Mountain  Reservation,  but 
is  of  the  same  general  character,  wild,  beautiful,  still  nature's 
own.  From  the  top  of  this  height  a  superb  view  of  New  York 
City,  twenty  miles  away,  is  to  be  had.  A.  parkway  connects  the 
two  reservations.  This  is  the  first  of  what  is  hoped  will  be  an  ad- 
mirable system  of  grand  driveways  over  all  of  Essex  County. 

The  trolley  line  goes  only  to  the  foot  of  Eagle  Rock,  but  the 
walk  to  the  top  is  only  about  a  mile.  There  is  an  electric  car, 
too,  that  may  be  taken  (fare  five  cents). 

Though,  out  and  back,  this  trip  may  be  made  in  an  hour,  it 
takes  in  many  points  of  note  in  these  handsome  suburbs.  A  better 
general  view  can  scarcely  be  gotten  of  the  Oranges  than  by 
this  line,  with  its  glimpses  of  noble  villas  and  delightful  streets. 


Over  New  Jersey, 


21 


The  Orange  towns  touched  on  are  Hoseville,  Grove  Street, 
East  Orange,  Brick  Church,  Orange,  West  Orange, 
and  Llewellyn  Park,  the  latter  a  sort  of  miniature  Tuxedo, 
where  Thomas  A.  Edison  lives,  and  just  outside  of  which  he  has 
his  workshop,  on  the  Valley  Road,  along  which  the  cars  pass 
on  their  way  to  Eagle  Rock, 


ROUTE  5. 

To  Bloomfield.  Glen  Ridge,  MontclaLir, 
Verona,  Caldwell,  up  into  the  mountains. 


Through  towns  of  no  less  charm  than  the  Oranges  the  electric 
road  to  Caldwell  winds,  ten  miles  from  the  Market  street  corner, 
a  trip  of  an  hour  and  ten  minutes,  at  a  cost  of  15  cents.  It  is  not 
a  region  of  history,  but  a  modern  land  of  the  best  of  residential 
towns.  The  upland  commences  almost  before  Newark  is  fairly  left 
behind,  and  the  heavy  cars  pass  through  the  well  known  centres 
of  Watsessing,  Bloomfield,  Glen  Ridge,  Montclair  (with 
a  branch  line  to  Mont- 
clair Heights  3  miles 
further  north,  8  cents 
from  Newark),  Ver- 
ona, Hillcrest  and 
Caldwell. 

By  the  time  the  up- 
per levels  are  reached 
the  full  rural  beauty 
of  the  route  is  appar- 
ent, and  it  is  realized 
that  the  State  has  few 
finer  trolley  rides. 

Verona  boasts  of 
one  of  New  Jersey's 
finest  sheets  of  water 
—  Verona  Lake. 
Caldwell  has  the 
honor  of  having  been 
the  birthplace  of  ex- 
President  Cieveland. 

BRANCH  BROOK  PARK 

Of  the  seven  parks  the  Essex  County  Park  Commission  has 
laid  out  in  and  about  Newark  these  past  four  years  at  a  cost  of 
$4,000,000— Branch  Brook,  East  Side,  West  Side,  Orange, 
Wequahic,  South  Mountain  and  Eagle  Rock  Reserva- 


V  -   ■  *  ' 

THOMAS  A.  EDISON'S  RESIDENCE,  LLEWELLYN 
PARK,  ORANGE,  N.  J. 


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tions— Branch  Brook  is  one  worth  a  special  visit,  just  as  South 
Mountain  Reservation  and  Eagle  Rock  Reservations  are. 
Since  it  lies  in  Newark's  very  heart,  however,  it  is  not  men- 
tioned in  any  of  the  routes  here  that  lead  out  of  the  town. 

Three  lines  reach  it,  all  starting  from  the  corner  of  Broad  and 
Market  streets.  The  Orange  street  car  may  be  taken  to  its  south- 
ern entrance,  the  Bloomfleld  avenue  car  to  its  centre,  the  Forest 
Hill  car  to  Mt.  Prospect  avenue  and  Ballantine  Parkway,  from 
which  point  there  is  a  walk  of  two  blocks  under  maple  trees  to 
its  northern  division. 

Though  but  280  acres  in  extent  Branch  Brook  Park  is  a  fine 
stretch  of  ornamental  and  practical  gardening.  Its  southern 
division  contains  a  lake,  a  wading  pool  for  children,  a  playfield  of 
15  to  16  acres,  and  an  English  formal  garden.  Throughout  its 
northern  division  the  ground  is  laid  out  in  a  plantation  that  will 
be  grown  into  the  form  of  a  mimic,  well  trained  wilderness.  The 
park's  lower  end  is  in  the  centre  of  an  artisans1  quarter,  but  its 
upper  section  in  a  handsome  residential  district. 


ROUTE  6. 

From  Newark  up  in  the  Passaic  Hills, 
th  ro\i^K  Belleville,  N\itley,  Franklin, 
PaLSSQLic  imo  Patterson,  a^rvd  beyond  to 
Little  FaJls  and  Singac. 


Two  trolley  roads  lead  to  Paterson,  one  from  Newark,  the 
second  from  Christopher  street  ferry  (see  Route  9).  That  out  of 
Newark  takes  an  hour  and  a  half  to  make  the  trip,  travels  15 
miles  and  makes  a  charge  of  15  cents  from  Broad  and  Market 
streets  to  the  Paterson  City  Hall. 

Phil  Kearney's  birthplace  still  stands  in  Newark,  a  little  less 
than  a  mile  from  the  starting  point.  Any  conductor  can  point  it 
out,  with  its  quaint,  low  eaves.  General  Kearney's  daughter, 
Mme.  D'Hautville,  who  resides  abroad,  continues  to  keep  it  up  in 
memory  of  her  father,  though  only  a  caretaker  has  lived  there 
for  many  years. 

Just  above  Belleville,  the  old  Dutch  section,  the  road  passes 
some  noted  brown  stone  quarries.  It  goes  through  the  active 
towns  of  Nutley,  Franklin,  Acquackanonk,  Passaic,  Clif- 
ton and  Lakeview.  At  Paterson  it  makes  connection  with 
the  cars  for  Little  Falls  and  Singac  (for  notes  on  these  and 
further  details  of  Paterson  see  Route  9). 


Over  New  Jersey.  23 


ROUTE  7. 

Cross  Country  from  Newark  through 
Kearney,  Arlington,  Rutherford  and 
Ha.ckensa.ck. 


For  a  ride  for  pleasure  there  is  comparatively  little  of  interest 
in  this  route,  nor  does  it  lead  anywhere  that  cannot  be  better 
reached  in  some  other  way.  It  joins  Newark  and  Hackensack 
through  Harrison,  Kearney,  Arlington  and  Hasbrouck 
Heights,  and  the  fares  on  the  two  lines  to  be  taken  amount  to 
20  cents.   The  distance  is  17  miles,  and  the  running  time  one  hour 

and  thirty  minutes.  (See  Route  13.) 


ROUTE  7A. 

New  Connecting  Mid- Jersey  Line,  join- 
ing Hackensack  and  Passaic  through  Lodi 
and  Garfield,    Will  run  to  Paterson. 


An  important  link,  for  the  first  time  directly  connecting  Hacken- 
sack and  Passaic  by  trolley.  In  conjunction  with  the  first  half  of 
Route  13.  a  second  alternative  trip,  New  York  to  Paterson 
(see  also  Route  9).  This  new  line  5  miles  long.  Fare  10  cents. 
New  York  to  Paterson  this  way  (via  Fort  Lee),  one  change, 
at  Hackensack. 


ROUTE  8. 

Cortlandt,  Desbrosses,  ai\d  W.  Twenty- 
third  street  ferries  to  Bergen  Point, 
thence  to  Staten  Island. 


This  ten-mile  journey  to  Bergen  Point,  the  run  taking  just 
one  hour,  is  one  of  the  cheapest  trolley  rides  about  New  York,  its 
fare  being  but  5  cents.   It  connects  with  the  boats  over  the  ferry  to 


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Trolley  Exploring. 


Port  Richmond*    A  pleasant  afternoon  trip  would  be  to  take) 
the  Staten  Island  boat  from  the  foot  of  Whitehall  street,  a  trolley  i 
car  to  Port  Richmond,  and  then  this  line  back  to  New  York. , 
Its  cost  would  be  about  20  cents.    The  lower  portion  of  the  road 
leads  through  an  attractive  suburban  section.   By  this  line  there  is 
a  good  alternative  route  to  lower  New  Jersey  and  Philadelphia. 
(See  Route  I,  page  15.) 


ROUTE  9. 

From  Christopher  and  BaLrcla.y  street 
ferries  over  the  meadows  to  Patterson, 
the  "White  Line  Run/'  going  through 
Schuetzen  PaLrk,  Homestead,  Secaucus, 
Carlstadt,  East  Rutherford,  Passaic,  Clif- 
ton, Lakeview,  to  Patterson,  Little  Falls 
and  Singac. 


In  all  trolleying  annals  within  30  miles  of  New  York  there  is  no 
more  romantic  and  picturesque  journey  than  this.  It  divides  honors 
fairly  with  the  tortuous  progress  up  and  down  the  cliffs  at  Fort 
Lee,  with  the  glcrious  ride  along  the  North  Shore  of  Long  Island 
Sound  from  Rye  go  Greenwich.  For  making  this  Paterson 
and  Singac  exploration  6  hours  must  be  allowed  from  the  New 
York  side  for  the  round  trip,  3  hours  each  way,  and  it  may  take  even 
longer  than  that. 

The  distance  traveled  from  the  Hoboken  shore  up  into  these  hills 
is  28  miles,  and  the  round  trip  costs  50  cents  a  person,  plus  ferri- 
ages. At  not  very  much  greater  actual  expense  it  is  possible  to 
trolley  one  way  and  come  back  from  Paterson  by  train.  An 
alternative  return  route  is  via  Passaic,  Nutley,  Belleville, 
Newark,  and  thence  to  New  York,  also  25  cents.  (See  R^ovite  6.) 

This  trolley  journey  presents  in  rapid  succession  every  variety  of 
scenery.  The  car  travels  for  nearly  half  an  hour  through  uninter- 
esting Hoboken  and  Jersey  City  Heights.  Suddenly,  how- 
ever, it  makes  a  sharp  turn.  In  an  instant  there  is  spread  out  before 
the  traveler  the  valley  of  the  Hackensack  far  below  him.  The 
car  shoots  down  the  straight,  narrow  turnpike  on  the  cliff's  side,  a 
mile  and  more  in  length.  Here,  on  the  meadows,  are  Homestead 
and  Secaucus.  Then  it  moves  across  the  flats,  a  journev  of  over 
four  miles. 

.tLJong  the  higher  ground  beyond  are  the  residential  sections  of 


Over  New  Jersey.  25 

?arlstadt    and  East   R.utherford  (a   car  connecting  with 
Rutherford  proper,  half  a  mile  away).   A  little  further  on,  and 
he  line  runs  through  the  Passaic  country,  a.  beautiful  land  in- 
^  leed.   There  is  a  fine  highway  and  many  charming  vistas  and 
18  cenes.   Not  a  few  of  these  centre  about  the  old  town  of  Passaic. 
1  Seyond  this  the  cars  leave  the  highway  and  travel  through  the 
ields,  romantically,  until  the  outskirts  of  Paterson  come  into 
dew.   There  is  a  change  of  cars  to  be  made  in  Paterson.  The 
rolley  explorer  has  now  come  20  miles.   But  he  should  by  no 
neans  leave  out  the  final  half  hour  of  this  journey,  but  should  push 
>n  to  Little  Falls  and  Sirvgac,  a  route  of  surprising  scenic 
jeauty,  half  an  hour  each  way.    (The  extra  time  and  the  extra 
expense  are  allowed  for  in  the  figures  given  above.) 

Side  trips  of  interest  might  also  be  made  to  some  of  Paterson's 
suburbs,  to  Lakeview,  Clifton  and  Lodi  (8  miles,  10  cents  more); 
to  Haledort,  Riverside  and  Totowa  (3  miles,  5  cents).  Both 
of  these  lines  are  to  be  taken  from  the  Paterson  City  Hall. 

In  Paterson  the  trolley  visitor  must  not  fail  to  see  the  Falls  of  the 
Passaic  (the  Passyack  River  in  old  times),  which  are  nearly  100 
feet  high.   Several  sensational  jumps  have  been  made  off  them. 

The  watershed  of  the  Passaic,  a  vast  and  valuable  territory  of 
water  right,  has  a  fascinating  chapter  of  history  all  its  own.  Its 
possibilities,  from  a  commercial  standpoint,  were  seen  more  than  a 
century  ago,  in  the  days  of  America's  earliest  development,  by  none 
other  than  the  renowned  Alexander  Hamilton.  Hamihon  founded 
the  u  Society  of  Useful  Manufacturers,11  incorporating  this  body 
by  Act  of  Congress  and  giving  it  a  perpetual  charter,  with  com- 
plete control  over  this  watershed.  This  historic  corporation  is  now 
the  East  Jersey  Water  Company,  and  it  has  disposed  of  a  por- 
tion of  its  old  water  rights  for  an  aggregate  sum  of  millions. 
Under  this  charter  of  Hamilton's  Paterson  very  early  started  her 
career  as  a  manufacturing  city,  her  silk  mills  being  her  first  indus- 
tries. 

This  summer  it  is  possible  to  make  an  interesting  "  round  trip  "  in 
Paterson  touring.  Take  this  route  one  way  and  Route  13,  just 
now  extended  to  Paterson,  the  other.  Route  13's  terminus  is 
opposite  130th  street,  Manhattan.   Its  cars  can  be  met  by  taking  cars 

Route  11,  changing  at  Fort  Lee.   (See  also  Route  7a.) 


ROUTE  10. 

Over  the  Bergen  Turnpike  from  14th 
Street  Ferry  to  Ridgefield,  Little  Ferry. 
Hackensocck  a^nd  Cherry  Hill. 


This  line  runs  over  the  old  Hackensack  (Bergen)  Turnpike,  and 
in  spite  of  legal  complications,  it  has  been  completed  well  to  the 


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north  of  Hackensack,  It  runs  through  Hobokerv,  crosses 
Overpeck  Creek  and  the  Hackensack  River,  passing  through 
Fairview,  Ridgefield  and  Little  Ferry.  The  direct  route  from 
New  York  to  Hackensack,  though  also  see  Route  13. 

Between  Fairview  and  Ridgefield  there  are  yet  standing, 
•along  this  line,  some  interesting  old-fashioned  English  houses. 


ROUTE  11. 

From  Fourteenth  street  ferry  to  Fort 
Lee. 


OLD  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 
ELIZABETH,  N.  J. 
Courtesy  of  Elizabeth  Journal. 


Take  the  Union   Hill  car 

from  Fourteenth  street  ferry  (5 
cents) ,  changing  at  Fourth  street 
and  Broadway  to  the  Fort  Lee 
car  (10  cents  additional). 

The  excuse  of  this  route,  not 
especially  attractive  to  travel 
over  in  itself,  is  that  it  offers 
four  interesting  sights  for  the 
trolley  tourist.  Fort  Lee  may 
be  far  more  conveniently  reached 
bv  way  of  the  Forty-second  street 
ferry  (See  Route  12).  But 
along  this  Hoboken  shore  there 
are  several  points  not  to  be 
missed. 

The  first  two  of  these  lie  close 
together— Castle  Point,  the 

residence  of  the  famous  Stevens 
family,  engineers  and  fashion- 
ables of  New  York  for  genera- 
tions; and  the  great  Stevens  In- 
stitute, one  of  America's  fore- 
most scientific  schools.  Castle 
Point  may  be  readily  seen  from 
the  river,  from  any  of  the  up- 
town ferry  boats,  the  one  dis- 
tinctive object  on  the  Jersey 
shore,  perched  commandingly 
and  grandly  on  a  bluff  at  the 
water's  edge.  The  Stevens  In- 
stitute is  close  to  the  Castle. 

These  should  be  visited,  to  be 
exact,  before  the  Union  Hill 
car  is  taken.  At  the  Fourteenth 
street  ferry  board  a  Washington 
street  car.  This  car  goes  around 
to  the  Jersey  landing  of  the 


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Barclay  and  Christopher  street  ferries,  and  either  of  these  ferries 
could  betaken  to  reach  these  buildings.  They  lie  halfway  between 
the  two  ferries.  Any  conductor  can  indicate  the  cross  street  at 
which  to  stop, 

Returning  to  the  Fourteenth  street  ferry  and  taking  the  Union 
Hill  car  the  traveler  should  get  off  at  Highwood  Park.  A  short 
distance  from  the  highway  upon  which  the  cars  run  is  the  historic 


RAHWAY  RIVER,  SOUTH  MOUNTAIN  RESERVATION,  ORANGE  MOUNTAINS,  N.  J. 


monument  to  Alexander  HamiltOD,  killed  on  this  spot  a  century  ago 
in  his  duel  with  Aaron  Burr.  All  this  high  ground  is  Weehawkerv 
Heights  ;  Guttenberg  lies  just  to  the  north  of  it.  A  walk  to  the 
edge  of  the  cliff  at  Highwood  Park  will  disclose  a  magnificent  view 
of  the  river  and  of  New  York  City.  The  castle-like  structure  built 
partially  down  the  cliff  is  the  studio  of  Karl  Bitter,  the  sculptor. 
Just  beyond  this  is  a  stairway  by  which  the  Forty-second  street 
ferry  can  be  reached,  in  10  minutes1  walk. 


28 


Trolley  Exploring. 


ROUTE  12. 

From  Forty-second  street  ferry  (Wee- 
haw  ken)  to  Fort  Lee  and  Coytesville. 

The  interest  of  this  road  is  that  in  its  seven  and  a  half  mile  run 
from  Weehawken  it  takes  the  trolley  explorer  into  a  wild  region 
at  its  northern  end— at  Coytesville.  Between  Fort  Leo  and 
Coytesville  there  is  fine  trolleying.  Fare  from  Weehawken  15 
cents. 


ROUTE  13. 

From  Edgewatter  (by  ferry  foot  of  West 
I30th  street)  to  Fort  Lee#  Leonid,  Engle- 
wood,  Bogota.,  H^ckensack;  through  to 
Paterson.    Also  Lodi,  Passaic. 


For  the  city  dweller  nowhere  is  the  change  to  the  wildness  of  the 
country  more  rapid  and  complete  than  on  the  Palisades  opposite 
West  130th  street,  New  York  City,  and  north  and  west  through  Ber- 
gen County,  N.  J.  The  125th  street  Crosstown  and  the  Boulevard 
cars  run  direct  to  the  New  York  ferry  terminal,  and  from  the  New 
Jersey  ferry  terminal  at  Edge  water  electric  cars  run  up  the  face 
of  the  Palisades,  past  the  interesting  64  Horseshoe  Curve  "  into 
and  through  The  Park  on  the  Palisades. 

From  the  Palisades  at  Edgewater  and  Fort  Lee  (l}4  miles 
further  north)  can  be  had  some  of  the  finest  views  about  New  York. 
The  Hudson  River  valley  is  directly  below.  Further  west,  on  de- 
scending the  western  slope  of  the  Palisades  before  Leonia  is  reached, 
the  outlook  is  even  more  expansive,  comprising  the  valleys  of  Over- 
peck  Creek  and  Hackensack  River,  with  the  FLamapo 
Mountains  beyond.  The  natural  beauties  of  the  Phelps  Estate 
Park  on  the  Tearveck  Ridge  are  well  known,  and  this  district  has 
many  opportunities  for  the  naturalist. 

At  Leonia  the  line  branches,  one  division  running  north  to  Engle- 
wood.  where  there  are  many  handsome  country  seats.  (Edgewater 
to  Englewood,  7  miles,  10  cents,  40  minutes.)  West  of  Leonia  the 
line  runs  through  Teaneck  to  Hackensack  and  Maywood 
(Edgewater  to  Hackensack,  7^  miles,  10  cents,  40  minutes)  and  to 
Paterson  (14^  miles,  15  cents  to  City  Line,  5  cents  more  to  the  City 
Hall).  Transfers  to  any  part  of  Peterson  and  Passaic.  See 
Route  9.   (See  also  Route  /a.) 

The  Palisades  bluff  at  Fort  Lee  is  the  site  of  the  revolutionary  fort. 
It  was  at  this  point  that  Washington,  having  crossed  his  Continentals 
from  New  York  City,  marched  them  over  the  hills  to  Pompton  aDd 
Morristown. 

Hackensack  is  one  of  the  oldest  towns  in  the  neighborhood  of  New 
York,  having  been  founded  in  1640  by  the  Dutch  and  named  after 
the  Hackensacky  Indians. 


trolley  Cities  of  tbe  Jersey  €oa$t 


ROUTE  14. 

Red  Ba.nk  to  Shrewsbury,  Eatontown, 
Oceanport,  Pleasure  Bay,  Long  Branch, 
West  End,  Hollywood,  Elberon,  Deal 
Beaten,  Allenhvirst,  Interle^ken,  Asbury 
PaLrk,  Ocean  Grove,  Bradley  Beach, 
Avon  and  Belmar. 


Though  trolley  connection  with  New  York  as  regards  the  Jersey 
sea  coast  is  still  far  from  being  complete,  a  gap  existing  between 
Keyport  and  Ked  Bank,  the  summer  resorts  along  this  shore 

See  page  18. 

N 


PALISADES,  NEAR  FORT  LEE,  N.  J. 


30  Trolley  Exploring. 

have  a  highly  successful  trolley  service  of  their  own,  stretching 
from  R^ed  Bank  to  Belmar,  a  20  mile  extent  of  electric  rails. 
It  takes  nearly  two  hours  to  make  the  full  trip,  a  pretty  and 
varied  one,  skirting  all  the  colonies  at  their  most  interesting 
points,  passing  the  big  hotels  and  traversing  a  well  built  up  sea 
side.   The  total  fare  (Red  Bank  to  Belmar)  is  35  cents. 

Tne  Red  Bank  line,  going  through  Shrewsbury,  Eaton- 
town  and  Oceanport,  comes  out  on  the  coast  at  East  Long 
Branch.  The  strictly  coast  line  begins  at  Pleasure  Bay*  ou 
an  inlet  of  the  Shrewsbury  River,  and  runs  through  East  Long 
Branch,  Long  Branch,  West  End,  Hollywood,  Elberon, 
Deal  Beach*  Allenhurst,  Interlaken.  Asbury  Park  and 
Ocean  Grove.  A  continuing  line  runs  to  Bradley  Beach, 
Avon  and  Belrnar  from  Asbury  Park. 

Through  Route  Philadelphia,  pages  17,  8k,  85. 


QUADRIGA  ON  SOLDIERS'  AND  SAILORS  ARCH,  BROOKLYN. 


The  Long  Island  Field. 

XCEPT  for  the  lines  that  reach  out  from  populous 
South  Brooklyn,  the  Park  Slope  and  Flatbush,  in 
gleaming  parallel  rails,  for  the  great  system  of  ocean 
beaches  and  shore  front— Fort  Hamilton,  Bath 
Beach,  Coney  Island,  Manhattan  Beaten, 
Brighton  Beach,  Bergen  Beach,  Canarsie, 
and  for  those  that  run  northward  to  the  smaller  rivals  of  these 
resorts— Bowery  Ba.y  and  North  Beach,  on  the  Sound — Long 
Island  still  cannot  boast  of  many  suburban  trolleys. 

The  summer  of  1904  finds  much  more  accomplished,  however,  than 
did  the  summer  of  1903.  Though  at  Queens,  to  the  east  of  Ja- 
maica, the  trolley  traveler  has  to  walk  across  the  steam  railway 
tracks  from  car  to  car,  and  may  have  to  wait  twenty  minutes  to  go 
further  into  the  rural  regions,  there  is  now  a  clear  run  from  the 
New  York  end  of  the  Brooklyn  Bridge  into  Hempstead,  Mineola, 
Freeport,  Rockville  Centre,  Lyrvbrook,  Valley  Stream, 
By  September  1st  it  is  promised  that  the  southern  branch  of  this 
road  will  reach  the  terminus  of  the  Kings  County  *'  L,"  in  Brooklyn, 
thus  making  possible  a  continuous  trip  through  the  Island's  centre, 
and  along  its  south  shore.  To-day,  the  cars  after  leaving  Hemp- 
stead go  north  to  Mineola,  south  to  Freeport,  and  turn  back  to 
the  west  from  the  latter  point,  already  making  regular  trips  to 
Valley  Stream  (see  Route  31). 

Also  there  is  in  operation  a  cross-country  trolley,  north  and  south, 
running  through  Jamaica,  from  Flushing  to  Far  Hockaway 
and  R^ockaway  Park.    (See  Routes  30,  and  also  28.) 

Full  details  of  these  may  be  found  on  pages  41,  42,  43,  44,  45.  The 
routes  to  Coney  Island  begin  on  page  33. 


Nominally,  the  most  of  Long  Island  trolley  trips  have  their 
s'arting  point  at  the  New  York  end  of  the  Bridge,  the  foot  of 
Broadway,  Brooklyn,  or  Long  Island  City.  Some  lines,  however, 
start  from  Fifth  avenue  and  Thirty-sixth  street,  or  Third  avenue 
and  Sixty -fifth  street,  both  reached  by  Brooklyn  Elevated  (Fifth 
avenue  line),  over  the  Bridge,  24  minutes  and  41  minutes  from  the 
New  York  end  of  the  Bridge,  respectively.  To  the  beaches  through 
cars  are  run  from  the  Bridge  and  the  ferries  throughout  the 
Summer. 


32  Trolley  Exploring. 

The  routes  to  Coney  Island,  Fort  Hamilton,  Bath,  Ber- 
gen, Manhattan  and  Brighton  Beaches  and  Cacne^rsie, 

take  the  trolley  traveler  through  a  land  some  7  miles  square  that  ten 
years  ago  was  sleepy  farm  land,  dotted  with  tiny  villages,  but  now 
has  risen  into  rapidly  growing  suburbs  full  of  life.  From  Pros- 
pect Pa.rk  and  Greenwood  Cemetery,  7  miles  from  the  ocean 
shore,  the  actual  city  has  crept  very  nearly  half  way  down.  All 


MARKET  WAGONS  ON  THE  MERRICK  ROAD  NEAR  JAMAICA. 


this  flat  and  level  plain  is  historic,  though  few  landmarks  now 
remain.  In  this  vicinity  were  the  first  Dutch  settlements  of 
Brooklyn.  To  a  greater  degree  than  any  other  district  about  here 
Flatle^nds  has  kept  up  her  primitive  life.   Yet  this  is  fast  going. 

Separated  from  the  maze  of  connecting  lines  that  but  join  and 
patch  the  great  system  together  the  most  interesting  of  the  through 
trolley  routes  of  Long  Island  are: 


ROUTE  15. 

To  Fort  Hamilton  from  Third  avenue 
and  Sixty-fifth  street,  through  Bay  Ridge. 


This  starting  point  is  to  be  reached,  as  stated  above,  also  from 
Hamilton  Avenue  Ferry  (Whitehall  street,  New  York),  and  by 
connecting  trolley  cars  over  the  Bridge.    A  5-cent  fare.   One  of  the 


The  Long  Island  Field. 


33 


prettiest  of  the  shorter  runs.  The  way  leads  through  Bay 
Ridge,  down  Third  avenue,  shaded  by  superb  old  trees.  There 
are  fine  views  of  New  York  Bay  and  the  Narrows.  Fort 
Hamilton,  the  terminus,  is  8.J-  miles  from  New  York  City  Hall. 

The  old  Fort  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  of  American  fortifi- 
cations. It  is  a  somewhat  ancient  stone  fortress,  strengthened  with 
modern  earthworks.  Its  military  reservation  contains  96  acres. 
Opposite  it,  out  in  the  Lower  Bay,  is  Fort  Lafayette,  used 
for  political  prisoners  during  the  Civil  War ;  of  late  years  a  place 
for  storing  explosives. 


ROUTE  16. 

To  Coney  Island  from  Second  avenue 
and  Thirty-ninth  street,  by  way  of  Bath 
Beach,  Bensonhurst  and  Ulmer  Park. 


Over  perhaps  the  most  delightfully  built-up  section  of  Brooklyn's 
suburbs,  the  car  passes  through  Dyker  Meadow,  Bath 
Beach  and  BensorvKvirst.   At  Ulmer  Park  (Vnionville) 

here  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  of  metropolitan  summer  resorts, 
r^iis  is  another  5-cent  ride  from  New  York,  and  may  also  be  reached 
>y  way  of  Thirty-ninth  Street  ferry  (Whitehall  street,  New  York) 
erriage  extra,  5  cents. 


KINO  MANOR,  JAMAICA. 


34 


Trolley  Exploring. 


NOTE.— In  taking  these  Long  Island  routes  the  trolley  traveler 
should  remember  that  there  are  frequently  many  and  diverse 
ways  of  reaching  the  starting  points  given  here.  He  can  best  learn 
just  what  these  are,  in  each  case,  by  making  careful  inquiries  of 
conductors  and  transfer  agents.  Many  a  5-cent  piece  can  be 
saved  in  this  way.  This  is  the  case  in  all  trolley  riding,  but 
especially  in  the  heart  of  Brooklyn,  where  the  lines  are  many  and 
criss-cross  constantly.  It  should  also  be  remembered  that  the 
Brooklyn  Elevated  railroads  are  invaluable  for  reaching  the 
suburbs  quickly*  andy  in  many  instances,  transfers  are  issued 
and  there  is  no  extra  fare  to  pay. 


ROUTE  17. 

To  Coney  Island  from  T^ird  avenue 
and  Sixty-fifth  street,  through  Kings  High- 
way and  Gravesend. 


The  old  "  Sea  Beach  "  line,  51  minutes  from  New  York  City  Hall. 
A  10-cent  fare.  The  open  country  until  Kings  Highway  is 
reached.   The  line  passes  through  Gravesend,  of  historic  note. 

Gravesend  was  established  by  charter  from  the  original  Tutch  setiik 
tiers  to  Lady  Dorothy  Moody  and  her  followers,  in  1632.  ^ 


ROUTE  18. 

To  Coney  Island  from  Fifth  averwie 
and  Thirty-sixth  street,  via  Parkville, 
Kings  Highway,  Prooklyn  Jockey  Club 
and  Gravesend. 


Another  good  Coney  Island  route,  the  old  "Culver"  road,  4 
minutes  from  New  York,  and  a  1'0-cent  fare,  passing  over  Park 
ville.  the  Kings  Highway,  Brooklyn  Jockey  Clvib  an 
Gravesend.  Through  service  from  New  York.  Also  Vanderbil 
avenue  trolley  car  from  New  York  end  Brooklyn  Bridge. 


The  Long  Island  Field. 


35 


ROUTE  18A. 

To  Coney  Island  from  Greenpoint  Ferry 
(West  23d  street,  New  York),  via  Tompkins 
avenue  and  over  "  Culver  "  Line. 


A  route  worth  taking  for  New  Yorkers.  10  cents  ;  1  hour,  15  min- 
utes. Passes  over  Manhattan  avenue,  Lorimer  street,  TompkiDS 
avenue,  Bergen  street,  Rogers  avenue,  Church  avenue,  then  on  to 
the  Culver  rails. 


ROUTE  18B. 

To  Coney  Island  from  Grand  street  and 
Broadway  Ferries  over  Reid  avenue  and 
"Culver"  tracks. 


10  cents  ;  1  hour,  15  minutes.  Good  up-town  New  York  connec- 
ions.  Through  Kent  avenue,  Broadway,  Reid  avenue,  Fulton  street, 
Kingston  avenue,  Bergen  street,  then  route  above. 

Bead  last  paragraph,  page  31. 


ROUTE  19. 

To  Coney  Island  from  Fifth  avenue 
a,nd  Thirty-sixth  street.  This  route  goes 
through  Blythebourne,  Borough  Park, 
Homewood,  Van  Pelt  Manor,  (New 
Utrecht),  Bath  Beach  and  Ulmer  Park 


Chiefly  interesting  from  its  path  through  many  of  Brooklyn's  new 
iburbs,  BlytHebovirrve,  Borovigh  Park,  Homewood, 
efforts    Park,  Van  Pelt  Manor.     This  region  is  the 


36 


Trolley  Exploring. 


heart  of  the  old  New  Utrecht  farming  plain,  until  of  recent  years 
one  great  market  garden.  New  Utrecht  is  almost  as  interesting 

historically  as  is  Gravesend 


STATUE  OF  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON,  BROOKLYN 

It  figured  in  the  Battle  of  Long  Island,  and  until  within  late  years 
has  had  within  its  bounds  many  dwellings  of  the  early  Dutch. 
Few  of  the  old  farm  houses,  of  great  architectural  importance  as 
early  American  types,  now  remain,  unfortunately. 

Through  service  from  New  York  end  of  Bridge,  Fifth  avenue  Ele 

vated.    Fare  10  cents,  to  Ulmer  Park  5  cents.   Time  47  minutes. 


The  Long  Island  Field, 


37 


ROUTE  20. 

To  Coney  Island  from  Flatbush,  through 
Flatlands  and  South  Greenfield,  past  the 
Coney  Island  Jockey  Club  into  Sheeps- 
head Bay,  West  End  and  Sea.  Gate. 
From  Sheepshead  Bay  a  walk  of  a  half 
mile  to  Manhattan  Beach. 


A  trolley  ride  (10  cents  fare)  of  great  picturesqueness  and  inter- 
est. Its  starting  point  is  reached  by  the  Ocean  avenue  cars  from 
the  foot  of  Broadway,  Brooklyn.  The  villa  section  of  Flatbush. 
newly  rebuilt,  can  be  seen  pleasingly  from  the  car  windows.  From 
Flatbvish  old  Flaalo^rvds  is  entered,  and  the  farming  section 
of  SoutK  Greenfield.  54  minutes  from  the  Broadway  ferry  the 
Coney  Island  Jockey  Clvib  is  reached.  From  Sheepshead 
Bay  the  traveler  may  leave  the  car  and  walk  across  a  foot  bridge 
over  Coney  Island  Creek,  a  distance  of  one  half  mile.  The 
car  skirts  the  Creek  until  the  West  End  is  approached,  and  then 
curns  in  upon  Coney  Island,  running  to  its  easterly  point, 
Sea,  Gate  (Norton's  Point),  13  miles  from  Broadway  ferry,  73 
minutes. 

NOTE— All  the  routes  may  be  reached  from  the  New  York  end  of 
the  Bridge  or  the  Broadway  Ferry.  Inquire  for  transfers  and 
changing  points. 


R.OUTE  21. 

To  Brighton  Beach  and  Manhattan 
Beach  from  Prospect  Park,  by  way  of 
Flatbush  and  Sheepshead  Bay. 


Practically  a  through  electric  railroad  line  running  from  the  New 
York  end  of  the  Bridge  and  over  the  Fulton  street  elevated  tracks, 
turning  off  at  Franklin  avenue  and  passing  through  Flatbush  in 
a  cut.  Fare  to  Sheepshead  Ba.y  and  Brighton  Beach, 
10  cents,  Manhattan  Be&ch,  15  cents.  Could  also  be  taken  by 
Flatbush  avenue  trolley  line  and  by  Nostrand  avenue  line,  changing 
to  the  route  at  Prospect  Park,  in  the  cut.  Passes  through 
Sheepshead  Bay. 


38 


Trolley  Exploring. 


ROUTE  22. 

To  Coney  Island  from  Park  Circle, 
through  Parkville,  to  the  Brighton  Beach 
Race  Track,  to  Brighton  Bea.ch,  into  the 
West  End. 


Park  Circle  is  reached  from  the  Bridge  by  Smith  street  cars;  from 
Grand  street,  and  from  Broadway  ferry  by  Franklin  avenue  cars.  A 
free  transfer,  and  a5-cent  fare  (10  cents  on  Sundays  and  holidays). 
Touches  Pa^rkville,  the  Brighton  Bea^ch  Ra.ce  Tra^ck  and 
Brighton  Beach  itself. 

See  note  between  Routes  16  and  17. 


ROUTE  23. 

To  Bergen  Beach  from  Nostrand  and 
Flatbush  avenues,  crossing  over  Flat- 
lands. 


A  pleasing  4-mile  ride  from  this  junction.  Flatbush  avenue  and 
Nostrand  avenue  cars  may  be  boarded  at  the  Bridge  or  Broadway 
ferry  respectively.  The  road  is  a  straightaway  run  down  Flat- 
bush avenue,  through  Fla.tla.r\ds  to  Bergen  Beach;  a  5-cent 
fare. 


ROUTE  24. 

To  Canarsie  from  East  New  York  and 
elsewhere. 


Starting  point  reached  by  Hamburg  avenue  car  from  Broadway 
ferry,  through  Rockaway  avenue,  5  cents.  Road  passes  through 
the  Jewish  settlement  of  Brownsville.  Canarsie  is  4  miles 
from  East  New  York.  It  is  a  good  point  to  start  from  for  a 
fishing  trip. 

Canarsie  may  also  be  reached  by  way  of  Flatbush  avenue, 
changing  cars  at  Church  avenue.  Line  goes  down  through  Church 
avenue  (a  new  route),  or  take  any  car  that  crosses  Thirty-ninth 
street  and  transfer  to  Thirty -ninth  street  car  going  east. 


The  Long  Island  Field 


89 


R.OUTE  25. 

To  North  BeeLch  from  Long  Island 
City  (through  Ravenswood  and  Stein- 
way),  and  from  Corona,  by  way  of 
Brooklyn. 


NortK  Beach,  on  Bowery  Bay,  is  the  Coney  Island  of  the 
Sound.  These  routes  pass  through  rather  pretty  country.  There 
are  two  lines  from  Long  Island  City  (Thirty-fourth  street  ferry), 
each  5  cent  fares  and  of  about  30  minutes  running  time.  One  line 
passes  through  Ravenswood  and  Astoria,  the  second  through 
Steirvway. 

From  Corona  on  the  Flvishing  line  (Se©  Rovite  27) 
NortK  Beach  is  but  a  12-minute  run.  This  is  the  Brooklyn  con- 
nection by  way  of  Ridgewood  (Se©  again  Rout©  27). 


R-OUTE  26. 

"Cemetery  Line"  from  Long  Island 
City,  touching  eJl  the  great  cemeteries 
of  the  "ridge." 


QUAINT  FARM  HOUSE  NEAR  FAR  ROCK  AWAY,  L.  I. 


40 


Trolley  Exploring. 


FRIENDS  MEETING  HOUSE,  FLUSHING.    BUILT  1695. 


Route  26  runs  out  a  little*  beyond  Middle  Village,  and  may  be 
taken  to  these  cemeteries,  Old  CaJva-ry,  La^virel  Hill,  New 
CaJvayry,  Movint  Zion,  Me^speth,  Mt.  Olivet,  Lutheran. 

Fare  5  cents.  This  line  goes  up  Borden  and  Hunters  Point  avenues, 
and  connects  with  lines  for  all  parts  of  Brooklyn  at  Ridgewood. 

NOTE.— Greenwood  Cemetery  in   South  Brooklyn  is 
best  reached  by  Fifth  avenue  trolley  from  the  Bridge. 


ROUTE  27. 

Across  the  meadows  to  Flushing  from 
Long  Island  City  and  Ridgewood. 

See  also  Route  30. 

Out  to  Flushing  from  Ridgewood,  connecting  with  lines  from 
Brooklyn  and  from  Long  Island  City,  through  Maspeth,  and 
Elmhurst,  Woodside,  Winfield,  and  Corona  there  are  three 
ways  of  journeying.  The  trip  from  Ridgewood  over  the  mead- 
ows takes  36  minutes.  This  line  joins  one  of  those  from  Long 
Island  City  at  Corona.  Ridgewood  is  readily  reached  from  the 
Bridge  and  the  Broadway  ferry  by  elevated  railroads  and  by  many 
surface  lines.  The  fares  from  New  York  are  10  cents  (in  the  case 
«f  the  Broadway  ferry  plus  the  ferriage). 


The  Long  Island  Field.  41 

Two  distinct  roads  for  Flushing  leave  Long  Island  City,  each 
charging  5  cents  for  the  9-mile  ride  (time,  50  minutes). 

Out  from  Long  Island  City  these  days,  out  from  Brooklyn,  there  is 
little  left  of  the  old  Dutch,  or  even  the  more  modern  farms.  A  mod- 
erately aged  mansion  is,  indeed,  a  rarity.  There  are  acreages  of 
new  towns.  Even  Newtown,  the  old  village,  has  become  Elmhurst, 
the  new.  On  the  North  Shore  the  meadows  must  be  crossed,  and 
the  limits  of  Flushing  reached  before  there  is  very  much  of  pict- 
uresque moment  or  historic  association. 

Once  in  Flushing,  however,  the  car  is  sure  to  be  left  behind, 
and  an  hour  profitably  spent.  The  historic  is  here,  in  rich  pro- 
fusion. For  this  is  a  stronghold  of  the  Quakerdom  of  the  far  dis- 
tant past.  Few  towns  in  New  York  State  have  more  associations. 
Flushing  goes  back  in  its  founding  to  1643,  and  was  first  called 
Vlissenden.  Its  settlers  were  English  refugees  who  had  fled  into 
Holland  to  escape  the  Quaker  persecution,  and  two  memorials  of 
these  old  time  "  Friends  "  yet  remain  sturdy  in  their  wooden  frames. 
One  is  the  Bowne  Mansion  (built  in  1661),  on  Bowne  avenue,  the 
other  the  Friends  Meeting  House  (built  in  1695),  on  Broadway, 
both  but  a  short  walk  from  the  trolley  car.  They  are  in  well  nigh 
perfect  state  of  preservation.  Another  fine  landmark  of  the  town 
is  St.  George's  Church,  built  back  in  1746,  and  there  are  fine 
nurseries  here,  noted  for  their  roses,  that  date  in  the  past  to  1729. 

Out  of  Flushing  there  is  a  line  to  College  Point,  15  minutes 
away. 


ROUTE  28. 

To  Jamaica,  from  Bridge  wood  and  East 
New  York. 


These  are  famous  rides  within  the  radius  now  being  described. 
In  the  space  of  half  a  day  Flushing,  Jamaica  and  Far  Rock- 
away,  with  their  associations  that  reach  beyond  the  Revolution — 
in  the  case  of  Flushing  back  to  Colonial  times— may  readily  be 
visited  from  either  New  York  or  Brooklyn. 

The  real  country  trips  on  the  Island  are  to  be  started  in  two 
ways:  from  Brooklyn,  by  the  Broadway  UI,"  the  Kings  County 
"-L,"  the  Broadway  trolley,  the  Fulton  street  trolley,  taking 
Jamaica  car  at  East  New  York ;  and  from  Long  Island  City  by 
the  cars  to  Flushing.    (See  Routes  30,  31  and  27.) 

It  is,  approximately  speaking,  30  minutes  into  Flushing  from 
Long  Island  City  by  trolley,  another  half  hour  from  Flushing 
to  Jamaica,  43  minutes  from  Jamaica  to  Far  Rockawaj  and  33 


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42 


Trolley  Exploring. 


minutes  from  Jamaica  into  East  New  York.  The  fares  are  5 
cents  to  Flushing,  5  cents  from  Flushing  to  Jamaica,  and  10 
cents  from  this  point  into  Far  Rockaway.  Jamaica,  however,  may 
be  reached  for  5  cents  from  Long  Island  City,  a  transfer  being 
given  at  Flushing  to  through  passengers.  Through  trip,  L.  I. 
City  to  Far  Rockaway,  15  cents. 

Jamaica  is  reached,  as  described  immediately  above,  from 
either  Ridgewood  or  East  New  York.  The  line  from  Ridge- 
wood  passes  through  Richmond  Hill.  From  these  starting  points 
there  are  connections  everywhere  in  Brooklyn  and  New  York. 


THE  BOWNE  HOUSE,  FLUSHING.   BUILT  1661. 


In  Jamaica,  on  Fulton  street,  the  Plank  Road  and  the  "  old  high- 
way," but  a  few  years  ago  marked  by  a  toll  gate  a  mile  west  of 
the  town,  the  Flushing  or  the  Far  Rockaway  car  is  to  be  taken. 
But  a  couple  of  blocks  west  of  the  changing  point  is  a  mansion 
of  much  historical  importance.  This  is  the  King  Mansion,  now 
named  King  Manor,  where  once  lived  Rufus  King,  farmer,  gentle- 
man, essayist,  Minister  to  England  and  statesman,  and  later  his  son, 
General  John  A.  King,  Governor  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  King  Manor  is  now  city  property,  and  its  grounds  are  known 
as  King's  Park  of  Jamaica.  A  fine  collection  of  ancient  furniture 
and  ornaments  (some  of  it  on  loan)  has  been  gathered  for  its 
rooms.  Officially  the  Manor  is  open  to  visitors  but  two  days  a 
week,  but  well  dressed,  well  appearing  people  will  be  admitted  by 
the  guardian  almost  any  day. 

Worth  more  than  a  passing  glance,  across  the  street  and  almost 
opposite,  is  a  noted  road  house,  now  soon  to  be  torn  down  (it  is 


V 


The  Long  Island  Field. 


43 


rumored)  and  a  business  block  erected  in  its  stead,  Pettit's,  formerly 
"Jim  Remsen's  House. "  For  fifty  years  one  Jim  Remsen  stood 
behind  his  bar,  and  he  is  known  to  history  to-day  as  the  "father 
of  Rockaway,"  having  bought  that  Beach  when  it  was  merely  a 
waste  strip  of  land.  To  the  east,  along  Fulton  street,  a  mile 
away,  at  Hollis,  is  a  hotei  that  has  a  Washington  legend  about  it. 
Hoi  lis  is  certainiy,  however,  historic,  for  it  was  here  after  the  Battle 
of  Long  Island,  that  General  Nathaniel  Woodhull  was  made  pris- 
oner. The  townspeople  speak  of  the  spot  as  "  the  battle-ground," 
and  it  is  known  as  Woodhull  Park. 


R-OUTE  29. 

Queens  westward  to  Brooklyn,  connect- 
ing with  a.  line  to  R^ockaway,  Arverne, 
Brooklyn. 


At  Queens  is  Creedmoor,  where  the  National  Guard  does 
its  rifle  practice.  Thence  to  the  old  City  Line  at  Woodhaven 
is  an  8^  mile  ride,  through  Interstate  Park,  Hollis,  Jamaica, 
Dunton,  Morris  Park,  Ozone  Park,  along  Liberty  avenue  to 
Crescent  avenue,  terminus  of  the  Kings  County  "  L." 


ROUTE  30. 

Flushing  to  Far  Rockaway  and  Rock- 
awa.y  Pa^rk,  through  Jamaica,. 


See  FLoutes  28  and  29.  Change  cars  at  Jamaica. 

One  of  the  most  picturesque  and  entertaining  of  Long  Island 
trolley  tours.  It  traverses  in  all  22  miles  at  a  cost  of  15 
cents,  taking  one  hour  and  a  half  or  more,  and  the  places  it 
touches  are: 

Flushing,  Ingleside,  Queens  Borovigh  Heights,  Gar- 
rison's  Lane,  Jamaica,  Springfield,  Jamaica  Meadows, 
Lawrence,  Inwood,  Far  ICockaway,  Edgemere, 
Arverne,  Hammels,  Hollands  and  Seaside,  Rockaway 
Beach,  Rockaway  Park. 

The  journey  begins  among  the  villas  or  Flushing,  passes 
into  the  open,  hilly  countryside  and  finally  develops  into  the 


44  Trolley  Exploring. 

sea  shore  country  of  Lawrence  and  Cedarhvirst,  the  car 
at  Far  Rockaway  and  beyond  running  its  course  almost  on 
the  shore  itself. 

Coming  out  of  Flvishlrvg  the  trolley  road  bends  over  the 
"  hill "  that,  though  it  lies  so  close  to  New  York,  has  practi- 
cally never  yet  been  settled.  Here  the  scenes  begin  to  possess 
real  rural  interest  and  charm.  Beyond  Jamaica  over  the 
Rockaway  Turnpike  the  trolley  tracks  strike  the  Merrick  Road 
(afterwards  the  Great  South  Shore  road),  here  at  its  beginning. 
It  passes  the  new  Metropolitan  Jockey  Club  Course,  between 
Jamaica  and  Springfield  (leave  the  car  at  Locust  Avenue). 
Skirting  a  quaint  old  farming  country  it  passes  through  fash- 
ionable Lawrence*  within  sight  of  yet  more  fashionable 
Cede^rhurst. 

From  this  point  it  swings  into  Far  Rockaway,  carrying  the 
visitor  to,  besides  the  points  already  named  above,  Wave 
Crest,  Ocean  Crest,  Bayswater. 

Not  much  remains  that  is  old  in  this  region,  though  there  are 
still  memories  of  the  Marine  Pavilion  of  half  a  century  ago, 
renowned  among  New  Yorkers  as  a  hostelry,  later  destroyed  by 
fire.  The  Kockaways  were  settled  during  the  cholera  scare  of 
the  forties  when  a  good  part  of  New  York  ran  to  the  beach 
and  slept  in  tents.  At  Cedarhvirst  there  is  the  house  and 
polo  field  of  the  famous  Rockaway  Hunt. 


ROUTE  31. 

Queens  to  Hempstead,  Garden  City.Min- 
eola,  Freeport.Rockvi lie  Centre,  Lynbrook. 
Valley  Stream. 


Long  Island's  centre,  with  Hempstead  as  its  hub,  and  the 
famous  South  Shore  as  far  east  as  Freeport  has  been  successfully 
trolleyed,  and  is  now  conveniently  connected  with  the  outer  world. 
Starting  at  Queens,  the  system  extends  to  Hempstead,  and 
thence  has  two  forks.   Queens  is  to  be  reached  from  Jamaica. 

Hempstead  is  one  of  the  most  fashionable  of  Long  Island  p 
summer  colonies,  and  is  close  to  the  quarters  of  the  Meadow 
Brook  Hvint.  It  has  many  very  beautiful  country  houses. 
The  town  was  the  very  first  settlement  made  in  Central  Long 
Island,  in  1643.  In  its  famous  church,  St.  George's,  there  is  %. 
communion  service  presented  by  Queen  Anne  early  in  the  Eight- 
eenth Century  to  the  old  parish. 

Mineola  is  the  county  seat  of  Nassau  County,  and  has  an  in- 
teresting Court  House  and  Jail  built  of  cement,  "poured, M  the 
most  important  noveltv  in  the  erection  of  large  buildings.  These 
structures  should  be  visited. 

Freeport  is  one  of  the  most  rapidly  developing  summer  re- 
sorts of  Long  Island.  The  famous  Merrick  Road  runs  through 
it  and  there  is  excellent  boating  and  fishing  near  at  hand.  li> 
is  a  town  of  much  spirit  as  well  as  a  summer  settlement.  But 


The  Long  Island  Field. 


45 


an  hour  out  of  New  York  by  train  it  is  much  visited.  There  are 
several  capital  hotels  in  addition  to  the  maoy  private  houses.  For 
the  convenience  of  boating  and  yachting:  people  a  caral  has  been  cut 
through  from  the  Bay  well  inland.   Across  the  Bay  is  Long  Beach. 

Garden  City  has  a  very  beautiful  Cathedral,  a  famous  boys' 
school,  and  a  large  hotel  that  is  a  fashionable  winter  resort.  It  was 
made  on  the  "  barrens,11  and  was  the  creation  of  the  merchant,  A.  T. 
Stewart.   Few  places  on  Long  Island  have  more  interest. 

Where  this  western  end  of  the  road  ends  now  is  Belmont  Park, 
the  new  racing  track  and  fashionable  resort  that  is  to  be  the  succes- 
sor of  Morris  Park  in  Westchester. 

To  reach  Queens  most  easily,  take  "  L  "  road  to  Jamaica,  from 
the  New  York  end  of  the  Brooklyn  Bridge.  It  will  require  a  little 
over  2  hours  to  make  Hempstead  from  here.  Fare  to  Jamaica, 
5  cents.  At  Washington  street,  Jamaica,  " L  "  terminus,  board 
trolley  car  for  Queens,  16  minutes  away,  5  cents.  At  Queens  the 
passenger  is  given  a  transfer,  walks  across  the  Long  Island  Railroad 
tracks,  and  rides  in  a  directly  connecting  shuttle  car  to  the  western 
terminus  of  the  Hempstead  system.  There  may  be  a  wait  here,  as 
the  Queens  cars  run  on  20  minutes  headway,  and  the  Hempstead 
cars  on  40,  only  meeting  every  other  Queens  car.  The  company  has 
a  franchise  to  build  into  Jamaica,  and  will  soon  do  so. 

Qvieens  to  Hempstead  is  5%  miles,  10  cents  ;  20  minutes1  run. 
To  Freeport  it  is  10  cents  more,  30  minutes  more,  6  miles  further. 
Qvieens  to  Mineola-is  15  cents,  Freeport  to  Mineola,  10  cents. 
From  Freeport  to  Valley  Stream  is  10  cents,  9  miles,  45  minutes1 
run.  The  round  trip.  Queens  through  Hempstead  to  Valley 
Stream*  back  to  Hempstead,  to  Mirveola,  to  Hempstead 
again,  to  Queens,  takes  3  hours  and  20  minutes,  and  costs  65  cents. 

At  Lynbrook  connection  is  made  with  Long  Island  Railroad  trains 
for  Long  Beach.  There  is  being  built  at  Freeport,  in  time  for 
this  summer's  traffic,  a  spur  of  miles  to  Woodclef  t  Dock  (deep 
water).  From  here  boats  will  run  regularly  to  Point  Lookout,  on 
the  ocean,  and  across  the  Great  South  Bay. 


VAN  CORTLANDT  MANOR  HOUSE,  VAN  CORTLANDT  PARK,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


Through  Revolutionary 
Westchester. 

Y  THE  laying  of  a  few  miles  of  electric  rails  and  the 
democracy  of  the  trolley  car,  Westchester,  with  its 
many  exquisite  bits  of  scenery  and  its  hundred  and 
one  points  of  historic  note,  is  now  everybody's  own. 
These  acres  of  hillside  and  varying  shore  line  directly 
to  New  York's  north,  the  city's  pride,  are  no  longer  distance 
locked.  The  country  houses,  the  villas,  the  charming  towns,  the 
private  parks  remain  in  all  their  beauty.  It  will  be  many  a  long 
year  before  th«y  are  turned  into  suburban  building  lots.  Mean- 
time they  can  be  visited,  and  the  finest  of  air  breathed  on  the 
Westchester  hills  and  along  the  Sound's  shores. 

If  only  a  general  view  is  wanted,  a  tour  over  beautiful  country 
sides,  practically  all  that  is  best  of  Westchester  can  be  gone  over 


Through  Revolutionary  Westchester.  47 


in  a  single  day,  much  of  it  in  the  space  of  an  afternoon.  Those 
who  have  comparatively  little  time  and  do  not  mind  an  extra 
expense  of  a  few  cents,  will  find  it  an  excellent  plan  to  go  to 
Mount  Vernon  by  steam  railroad  (from  the  Grand  Central 
station,  fare  28  cents)  and  take  the  trolley  cars  from  there.  It 
must  be  remembered  that  all  trolleying  in  Westchester  centres 
from  Mount  Vernon.  From  Mount  Vernon  each  and  every 
point  above  and  below  may  be  reached.  The  lines  from  New  York 
City  (W.  155th  street  and  E.  129th  street)  make  their  termini  here. 

Above  here,  reached  from  Mount  Vernon,  are  Yonkers, 
Hastings,  Tuckahoe,  Peln^m,  New  Rochelle,  Ea^st 
Chester,  Larchmont,  Larchmont  Manor,  Mamaroneck, 
Rye,  Rye  Beach,  White  Plains,  Tarrytown,  Portchester, 
Greenwich,  Cos  Cob,  Stamford,  and  beyond  to  New 
Haven  on  the  route  to  Boston. 

For  trolley  trip  purposes  Westchester  is  to  be  divided  into  two 
great  sections,  that  below  Mount 
Vernon  (between  that  city  and 
New  York),  and  that  around  and 
above  it.  The  Borough  of  the 
Bronx  extends  to  the  Mount 
Vernon  and  the  Yonkers  city 
line.  North  of  this  is  Westchester 
proper,  the  present  Westchester. 
The  Bronx  was  once,  in  its  entire- 
ty, Westchester  County,  however, 
and  historically  it  is  still  consid- 
ered as  such. 

There  are  three  ways  of  reach- 
ing Mount  Vernon  by  trolley 
(5  cent  fares):  One  direct  from  129th  street  and  Third  avenue,  at 
the  Harlem  River  Bridge,  by  way  of  Webster  avenue  ;  a  second 
on  the  West  Farms  and  Williamsbridge  car  from  the  same 
point,  changing  to  the  Webster  avenue  car  at  Williamsbridge : 
the  third  from  the  Bronx  Borough  side  of  the  Harlem  River  at 
Central  Bridge— the  old  McComb's  Dam  Bridge— take  the  Sixth 
avenue  elevated  to  155th  street  and  Eighth  avenue  (end  of  the  line) 
and  walk  over  the  viaduct  and  bridge.  This  third  car  (from  Cen- 
tral Bridge)  goes  up  Jerome  avenue. 

Once  in  Mount  Vernon  the  trolley  traveler  has  a  goodly 
number  of  trips  spread  out  before  him.  If  historic  points  are  to 
be  carefully  looked  over  and  views  enjoyed  it  would  be  better  not 
to  attempt  too  much  at  a  time,  but  devote  several  afternoons  to 
the  journeying. 

Below  Mount  Vernon,  in  Bronx  Borough,  there  is  not  so 


CURIOUS  ROCKING   STONE,  BRONX 
PARK,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


48 


Trolley  Exploring. 


much  that  is  worth  while,  though  charming  little  tours  may  be 
made,  High  Bridge,  the  Zoological  P%vrk,  the  Botanical 
Garden,  the  new  park  system  of  New  York,  Morris  Pa.rk, 
BronxdaJe,  Woodla-wn  Cemetery  invite  those  who  have  no 
idea  of  the  beautiful  at  their  very  doors. 

NOTE. — To  reach  135th  street  and  Eighth  avenue,  take  Sixth 
Avenue  Elevated  {Manhattan).  To  reach  129th  street  and  Third 
avenue,  Second  or  Third  avenue  Elevated  (Manhattan).  Allow  in 
each  case  about  one  hour  from  down  town. 

ROUTE  32. 

From  135th  street  a.nd  Eighth  avenue 
to  Port  Morris. 

A  convenient  connecting  line  for  those  on  New  York's  Upper 
West  Side.  Crosses  the  Harlem  River  at  Madison  avenue  and  gives 
transfers  at  Third  avenue  to  all  lines  on  the  east  side  of  the 
Bronx.  At  Third  avenue  the  Mount  Vernon,  Fordham,  Wil- 
liamsbridge,  Westchester,  West  Farms  cars,  etc.,  may  be 
taken.  Port  Morris  (E.  138th  street)  is  on  the  Sound.  Fare,  5  cents. 


ROUTE  33. 

From  161st  street  and  Third  avenue 
to  Morris  Heights— take  steam  railroad 
here  to  Kingsbridge  or  VaLn  Cortla.ndt, 
then  waJk  two  blocks  west  for  trolley 
into  Yonkers. 


Another  short  line,  of  little  importance  or  interest  in  itself, 
except  that  in  30  minutes  it  brings  the  traveler  into  the  Valley 
of  the  Harlem.  Eventually  this  line  is  to  be  extended  north. 
Mean  while  a  train  can  be  had  at  Morris  Heights,  its  present 
terminus,  and  Kingsbridge  or  Van  Cortlandt  reached  in  a 
few  moments,  at  a  cost  of  from  6  to  8  cents  more.  From  these 
points  a  trolley  runs  up  through  RJverdale  and  Movint  St. 
Vincent  into  Yonkers. 

Take  Webster  or  Third  avenue  car  from  129th  street  and  Third 
avenue.  High  and  Washington  Bridges  over  the  Harlem  are  on 
this  route. 

In  the  masonry  of  High  Bridge  the  11  old  aqueduct"  of  New 
York  crosses  the  Harlem  to  Manhattan  Island.   The  "new  aque- 


Through  Revolutionary  Westchester,  49 


duct"  burrows  under  the  river  just  at  this  point  in  a  "siphon." 
Kingsbridge  is  laden  with  history.  Frederick  Phillipse  in  1693 
received  a  royal  grant  from  William  III.  of  England,  authorizing 
him  to  put  a  toll  bridge  over  the  Spuyten  Duyvil  Creek.  This 
was  the  "King's  Bridge,"  and  over  it  tne  old  Albany  Post  Road 
(now  Broadway  all  the  way  from  the  Battery  to  Albany)  ran. 

At  Van  Cortlandt  is  Van  Cortlaudt  Park,  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  of  New  York's  new  pleasuring  places.  In  its  1,132  acres 
it  includes  a  golf  course  and  a  superb  field  for  drills  of  the 
National  Guard.  In  winter  its  lake  becomes  a  famous  skating 
ground. 

No  bit  of  land  about  New  York,  perhaps,  is  so  hallowed  by 
Revolutionary  memoirs  unless  it  be  Battle  Pass  in  Prospect 
Park,  Brooklyn,  or  Harlem  Heights.  It  was  until  quite  recently 
the  Van  Cortlandt  Estate.  Three  points  of  note  mark  it ;  one, 
the  Van  Cortlandt  Manor  House,  a  highly  interesting  colonial 
dwelling,  built  in  1748,  and  still  in  a  fine  state  of  preservation. 
This  is  eventually  to  be  made  an  exhibition  house  of  colonial 
relics.  Another  memory  of  a  long  distanced  past  is  the  old  saw 
mill  of  Revolutionary  date,  close  to  the  railroad  tracks,  a  ruin. 
But  a  mile  away  from  these  is  Vault  Hill,  a  burial  ground 
where  Washington  lighted  his  fires  to  deceive  the  British  (who 
were  across  Spuyten  Duyvil  Creek),  while  his  troops  were  quietly 
crossing  the  Hudson. 

In  MoAjnt  St.  Vincent,  not  far  away,  there  is  standing, 
now  part  of  the  Convent  of  St.  Vincent,  the  Edwin  Forrest 
Castle,  of  gray  silican  granite,  w  ith  6  octagonal  towers.  Forrest, 
the  tragedian,  built  it  with  the  view  of  founding  a  school  of 
actiug— a  plan  that  was  never  carried  out- -and  named  it  Font- 


TOM  PAINE  MONUMENT,  NEW  ROCHELLE,  N.  Y. 


50 


Trolley  Exploring. 


hill  Castle.  From  its  windows  there  is  a  view  up  the  Hudson 
to  Sing  Sing  (now  Ossining). 

Riverdale  shows  many  beautiful  old  places.     For  details  as  to 

Yonkers  and  connecting  routes,  see  Route  40. 


ROUTE  34. 

From  the  Bronx  Borough  end  of  Cen- 
tral Bridge  (McComb's  Dam  Bridge)— take 
Sixth  Avenue  Elevated  to  155th  street, 
walk  over  viaduct  and  bridge,  car  on 
the  Bronx  Borough  side — to  Mount  Ver- 
non, past  Tremont,  Jerome  Park,  Wood- 
lawn  Cemetery,  Van  Cortlandt  Park, 
Empire  City  Race  Track,  Belmont. 


A  5-cent  fare  from  the  Harlem  River  into  Mount  VernoD, 
The  car  starting  from  Central  Bridge  does  not  go  into  Mount 
Vernon  itself,  but  transfers  to  the  line  coming  over  from  Yon- 
kers (see  Rovite  40).  For  directions  as  to  getting  to  this 
starting  point  see  head  line  of  this  route.  The  way  leads  up 
Jerome  avenue,  some  years  ago  a  famed  driving  road  for  New 
York  horsemen.  Its  road  houses  still  continue,  though  they  are 
shorn  of  much  of  their  former  grandeur.  On  the  way  are 
Featnorbed  Lane  and  Tremont.  Jerome  Park  is  now 
being  turned  into  a  reservoir.  This  is  the  most  direct  trolley 
route  to  Woodla.wr\  Cemetery  and  Van  Cortlandt 
Park  (see  R.o\ite  33),  as  well  as  to  the  Empire  City 
Race  Track. 


ROUTE  35. 

From  129th  street  and  Third  avenue 
to  Mount  Vernon,  up  Webster  avenue, 
through  Melrose,  Morrisania  (past  Clare- 
mont  Park),  Tremont,  Fordham,  Bedford 
Park  (Bronx  Park  and  Botanical  Gar- 
dens),   Williamsbridge    and  Wakefield. 


The  direct  route  into  Mount  Vernon  from  New  York. 
Though  a  ride  of  nearly  9  miles,  taking  an  hour,  its  fare  is 
only  5  cents.  The  first  half  of  this  ride,  over  Melrose,  Mot 


Through  Revolutionary  Westchester  51 


rlsevrviev,  Tremorvt  and  Fordham,  is 

through  rather  uninteresting  city  streets, 
but  at  Bedford  Park  genuine  country 
commences  to  open  up. 

The  little  cemetery  near  Melrose  contains 
the  grave  of  Joseph  Rodman  Drake,  the 
American  poet,  who  wrote,  "When  Freedom 
from  her  mountain  height."  There  is  a  mon- 
ument to  him  surrounded  by  an  iron  fence. 

Drake"^  home  was  the  Grange,  an  old  house 
in  the  Bronx  close  to  Williamsbridge,  easily 
to  be  reached  by  this  car.  The  Grange  was 
built  in  1688. 

Of  old  Melrose  and  Morrisania  practically 
nothing  exists  to  day.  Inch  by  inch  these 
suburbs  have  been  swallowed  up  and  made 
a  part  of  the  continuous  city. 

Bedford  Park  is  the  Western  entrance  for 
Bronx  Park,  its  woods  and  hemlock  grove, 
its  very  beautiful  river  and  the  old  Lorrilard 
Mansion  and  snuff  mill,  the  latter  with  its 
ghost  story  (for  Eastern  entrance  to  Park 
see  fLovite  37).  Rovite  36  also  goes  to 
Western  entrance  of  Park.  On  this  side  of 
Bronx  Park  reached  by  this  route  and  Route 
36  are  the  great  Bota rvical  Gardens  of 
New  York,  a  reservation  of  250  acres  which 
have  already  arrived  at  a  high  state  of  beauty. 
There  is  a  superb  museum  building  and  won- 
derful glass  houses.  Free  to  visitors.  This  is 
the  northern  end  of  Bronx  Park.  The  new 
Zoological  Park  is  in  its  southern  end 
(see  Rovites  37  and  38).  On  this  line  get  off  at  Pelham  Parkway, 
Fordham,  and  walk  or  hire  a  hack  ^  mile  east  (see  Rovite  36). 

After  reaching  Williamsbridge  and  crossing  the  Bronx  the 
car  to  Williamsbridge  on  Route  37,  via  West  Farms, 

going  on  the  eastern  side  of  Bronx  Park  is  connected  with.  Beyond 
this  point  the  road  to  Movirtt  Vernon  runs  along  White  Plains 
Avenue,  a  distance  of  3  miles.    Woodlawn  Cemetery  is  within 
ready  walking  distance,  to  the  west. 
See  note  between  Routes  31  and  32. 


ROUTE  36. 

From  129th  street  and  Third  avenue 
to  FordheLm,  along  vipper  Third  avenue. 


See  Rovite  35,  A  parallel  route  to  Fordham,  through  territory 
of  little  interest.    At  Fordham  (Pelham  Parkway),  however,  is  the 


THE  ANDRE  MONUMENT, 
TARRYTOWN. 


52  Trolley  Exploring, 

best  approach  to  the  Zoological  Park.    (See  Rovite  35,  37 

and  38).  Or  the  Zoological  Park  can  be  approached  on  this  Hue, 
transferring  at  Tremont  Avenue  (177th  street,  West  Farms  car 
to  the  East).  See  Route  39. 

The  Zoological  Park  is  speedily  becoming  one  of  the  great  insti- 
tutions of  America.  It  is  free  every  day  except  Mondays  and 
Thursdays  (when  these  are  not  holidays),  the  admission  on  these 
days  being  25  cents.  There  are  not  only  buildings  for  reptiles  and 
birds,  but  ranges  for  the  larger  and  wilder  animals. 


ROUTE  37. 

From  129th  street  and  Third  avenue 
to  West  Farms  and  WilliaLmsbridge,  over 
the  old  Boston  Post  Road  (now  Boston 
avenue  and  White  Plains  avenue). 


As  charming  a  trolley  journey  as  there  is  in  the  Borough  of  The 
Bronx,  45  minutes  run,  fare  5  cents,  with  transfers  to  Movjrvt 

Vernon  at  Williamsbridge 
(Route  35).  Twelve  minutes 
after  leaving  the  starting  point 
the  commencement  of  the  Bos- 
ton Post  Road  is  reached.  Here 
a  fine  avenue  stretches  out,  of 
villas  and  landscapes.  At  this 
turn  the  city  is  left  behind. 

This  was  the  original  Mount 
Vernon  Route.  At  West 
Farms  the  traveler  has  only 
to  walk  3  blocks  up  a  well 
shaded  driveway  to  get  to  the 
southeastern  entrance  of  the 
Zoological  Park. 

The  Bronx  River  is  crossed 
at  West  Farms  (here  is  the 
boating  section  of  it),  and 
beyond  this  point  the  trolley 
curves  for  miles  through 
winding  country  roads,  pass- 
ing the  Morris  Park  Race 
Track,  skirting  the  eastern 

revolutionary  st.  Paul's  church,     side  of  Bronx  Park,  crossing 
east  Chester,  n.  Y.  PelKa^  m    Parkway,  the 


Through  Revolutionary  Westchester.  53 


BY  RAM  RIVER,  DIVIDING  NEW  YORK  AND  CONNECTICUT. 


great  connecting  driveway  from  Bronx  Park  to  PelKam  Bay 
Park  as  the  Mosholu  Parkway  is  to  be  between  Bronx  and 
Van  Cortlandt  Parks,  through  Bronxdale  into  Williams- 
bridge  itself. 


ROUTE  38. 

From  129th  street  and  Third  avenue 
over  Willis  avenue,  Southern  Boule- 
vard and  Boston  Post  R-oad  to  West 
Farms. 


An  alternative  route  to  the  above,  going  no  further  than  West 
Farms,  but  transferring  there  to  Williamsbridge  and  Mount 
Vernon.  It  runs  over  territory  much  more  to  the  east,  however, 
touching  Port  Morris,  Casanova  and  Hunt's  Point,  and 
is  a  somewhat  attractive  ride  (time,  25  minutes)  through  a  region 
of  much  new  building. 


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Little  more  than  a  wilderness  of  railroad  terminals  and  freight 
yards  to-day,  manufactories  and  u  improvements  "  generally,  this  is, 
nevertheless,  a  historic  land  of  great  country  places.  Close  to 
where  the  car  runs,  set  on  a  slope  south  of  132d  street,  between 
Gouverneur  Lane  and  Cypress  avenue,  within  view  from  the  new 
Willis  Avenue  Bridge  (crossing  the  Harlem  River  at  First  avenue), 
is  the  colonial  mansion  of  Gouverneur  Morris,  senator,  statesman 
and  builder  of  the  frigate  Constitution.  The  grant  to  the  Morris 
family  covered  2,000  acres  and  more.  The  old  mansion,  still  in 
grand  condition,  built  in  1798,  is  in  the  hands  of  a  caretaker.  It  is 
quaint  in  its  architectural  fashioning.  Port  Morris  is  hard  by.  In 
the  Sound  off  this  point  the  British  frigate  Hussar  was  sunk  during 
Revolutionary  times  with  a  goodly  treasure  aboard.  On  Randall's 
Island,  below,  a  skirmish  took  place  in  1776.  Ward's  Island,  to  the 
south  of  that,  was  in  the  very  forefront  of  American  history  a  past- 
ure ground  for  Governor  Wouter  Van  Twiller's  cattle. 

It  is  about  here  that  the  true  Westchester  begins,  though  recent 
years  have  leveled  the  landmarks  at  a  surprising  rate. 


ROUTE  39. 

"Loop  Line**  from  Morris  Heights,  fust 
above  the  Harlem  eit  Burnside  avenue 
connecting  with  Route  33  and  at  Jerome 
avenue  with  Route  34  across  to  the  east 
to  West  Farms,  Van  Nest,  Westchester, 
Unionport,  Bronx  Bridge  (on  Westchester 
avenue) — a  break  of  200  feet  here — then 
Westchester  avenue  to  129th  street  and 
Third  avenue;  from  here  Washington 
Bridge  line  up  Boscobel  avenue.  Walk 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  to  Morris  Heights  car 
(Route  33).  From  West  Farms  or  West- 
chester station  take  steam  railroad  to 
Bartow  for  upper  end  Pelham  Bay  Park, 
City  Island  and  Pelham  Neck. 


An  electric  line  encircling  the  Bronx,  embracing  much  beautiful 
territory  of  the  lower  Westchester  remaining.  The  points  of  import- 
ance touched  are  Van  Nest,  the  old  town  of  Westchester,  Fort 
Schuyler  and  Throgs  Neck  and  the  Westchester  Covmtry 
Clvib  (though  all  these  latter  three  are  some  little  walking  distance 
from  the  cars). 

Take  train,  155th  street  and  8th  av^.  to  get  to  Morris  Heit»hf"- 


Through  Revolutionary  Westchester.  55 


To  the  north  are  other  spots  of  historic  and  picturesque  moment, 
more  easily  to  be  reached  from  here  than  by  going  south  from 
East  Chester  (Rovite  42),  and  yet  far  away  from  any  trolley 
line.  The  upper  end  of  PelKam  Bay  Park,  Pelham  Neck 
and  City  Island  are  the  chief  of  these.  It  would  be  possible  to 
walk  over,  at  the  north  end  of  Westchester  striking  the  Pel- 
ham  Parkway  and  continuing  on  that  to  Bartow,  a  tramp 
of  some  4  miles,  but  it  is  recommended  that  the  steam  cars  be 
taken  at  the  near-by  sta- 
tions of  West  Farms  or 
Westchester,  reaching 
Bartow  in  a  few  mo- 
ments, at  an  expense  of 
hardly  more  than  10  cents 
additional. 

A  complete  afternoon 
might  be  spent  on  a  jaunt 
of  this  nature  over  this 
beautiful  waterside.  Its 
cost  from  129th  street  and 
Third  avenue,  including 
railroad  fares  both  ways, 
followed  along  these  lines, 
would  amount  to  about  40 
cents.  Here  are  the  least 
known  of  New  York's  new 
parks,  those  of  the  water- 
front, and  a  shore  line  that 
is  yet  rural  and  untouched. 
Gradually  the  old  country 
homes  have  gone  from  this 
region,  but  much  that  is 
quaint  remains.  City  Isl- 
and, reached  by  a  horse 
railroad  line  all  its  own  from  Bartow,  running  to  Belden  Point  on 
City  Island's  furthest  end  (3  miles,  10  cents,  making  no  connections 
with  other  lines),  is  probably  farther  back  in  the  past  in  its  life 
and  character  than  any  other  district  in  or  about  New  York. 

Almost  every  inch  of  this  ground  has  its  story  of  American 
history.  This  is  truly  Revolutionary  and  Historic  Westchester. 
Here,  during  the  Revolution,  was  a  hotbed  of  Tories,  organized 
under  the  name  of  the  "Tory  Westchester  Light  Horse.1'  Colonel 
De  Lancey  headed  this  troop.  Westchester  Creek  was  the  centre 
of  many  a  conflict.  These  were  the  the  "Cowboys"  of  history. 

Thomas  Pell  was  the  first  lord  of  the  manor  for  all  this  region. 
He  bought,  in  1634,  10,000  acres  (extending  up  to  the  New  Rochelle 


LIGHTHOUSE  ON  NORTH  SHORE  OF  LONG 
ISLAND  SOUND. 


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Trolley  Exploring. 


boundary)  from  the  Siwanoy  Indians,  paying  trinkets  for  them. 
Later  English  from  Connecticut  settled  about  here,  and  were  at 
coustant  odds  with  the  Dutch  of  New  Amsterdam. 

Fort  Schuyler,  one  of  the  chief  of  the  Sound  fortifications 
into  New  York,  with  always  an  interesting  garrison  on  its  reser- 
vation, lies  at  the  very  end  of  Throgs  Neck  (named  by  the 
Indians  "  Quinshung11).  Quinshung  was  settled  in  1642  by  John 
Throgmorton  who  came  here  with  thirty-five  Baptist  families 
under  the  leadership  of  Roger  Williams,  from  Rhode  Island  and 
the  Providence  Plantations.  The  Westchester  Country  Club,  one 
of  the  most  beautiful  about  New  York,  has  its  location  just  to 
the  north  at  Schuylerville.  Out  in  the  Sound  from  here  are 
Ha^rt  and  City  Islands. 

City  Island  is  said  to  have  been  the  place  where  oyster  culture 
in  America  first  commenced.  It  is  also  where  for  years  now 
many  of  the  Cup  Defenders  of  international  yachting  have  been 
laid  up  high  and  dry,  interesting  skeletons  of  past  sport.  Part 
of  the  hulk  of  the  historic  frigate  "  Macedonian,'1  captured  by  Com- 
modore Decatur  in  the  frigate  "  United  States  "  October,  1812,  now 
forms  a  portion  of  a  curious  old  tavern,  "The  Macedonian.1' 

Pelham  Neck,  on  the  main  land,  just  before  City  Island  is 
reached,  witnessed  a  sharp  skirmish  on  October  18,  1776,  when 
Colonel  Glover,  with  a  brigade  of  riflemen,  harassed  the  advance  of 
Sir  William  Howe  from  his  landing  place  at  PelPs  Point  to  New 
Rochelle.  The  British  columns  were  twice  checked  at  a  cost  to 
Glover  of  21  killed  and  wounded.  The  British  loss  was  somewhat 
heavier.   This  engagement  preceded  the  battle  of  Whits  ?Jains. 


ROUTE  39A 

Fordham  to  Yonkers— A  new  line, 
Cross  Country,  skirting  Van  Cortlfvndt 
Park's  north  edge. 


Starting  by  St  John's  College  this  new  line  runs  up  Webster  ave- 
nue, past  Williamsbridge  and  Woodlawn,  until  the  northern  end  of 
Woodlawn  is  reached,  when  it  travel  through  McLean  avenue  to 
Yonkers,  through  Lowerre  and  Park  Hill,  7y2  miles,  5  cent& 
Transfer  from  129th  street,  thus  5  cents  to  Yonkers, 


Upper  Westchester— Mount 
Vernon,  &nd  Beyond. 


ROUTE  40. 

Mount  Vernon  to  Yonkers,  Empire  City 
Ra.ce  Track,  Dunwoodie,  R^iverdale, 
Van  Cortlandt,  Kingsbridge,  Hastings, 
(Dobbs  Ferry,  Irvington  and  Tarrytown, 
by  steam  railroad),  Nepperhan,  Tuckahoe. 


From  Movirvt  Vernon  over  into  Yonkers  is  a  28  minute  run, 
a  5-cent  fare,  and  the  distance  is  4^  miles.    Movint  Vernorv  is 

a  picturesque,  suburban  city  of  many  attractive  villas  and  many 
hillsides.  The  route  to  Yonkers  is  a  pleasing  succession  of  rural 
scenes,  the  country  in  between  being  half  wild  in  great  part,  the 
way  offering  many  surprises  in  the  way  of  vistas. 

One  of  these,  perhaps  one  of  the  most  charming  in  all  the 
course  of  country  trolleyiug,  comes  after  the  Empire  City  Race 
Track  and  Dunwoodie  are  passed.  A  turn  of  the  car  sud- 
denly brings  to  view  from  a  hill  top  Yorvkers  itself,  in  the  valley 
and  down  the  slopes,  the  Hudson  in  the  near  distance  as  a  back- 
ground. Seen  either  in  sunshine  or  under  clouds  the  view  is  a 
superb  one. 

The  car  glides  down  the  hills  into  Yonkers,  and  is  soon  lost  in 
a  maze  of  city  streets.  Several  lines  branch  off  from  here,  the 
changing  point  being  on  Main  street  at  Warburton  avenue  not  far 
from  Getty  Square.  One  Yonkers  line  extends  south  through 
Riverdale,  Mount  St.  Vincent  and  Van  Cortlandt  into 
Kingsbridge  (see  Route  33— connection  by  train  for  Morris 
Heights,  about  10  cents  from  Yonkers. 

A  second  line  runs  up  and  over  the  hills  through  a  most  romantic 
country,  through  Nepperha.n,  well  back  from  the  Hudson  into 
Tuckahoe.  Though  this  is  but  a  short  ride  few  rural  trolley 
trips  can  excel  it. 

Yonkers  is  a  very  old  town,  Dutch,  as  its  name  shows.  Now  a 
big  suburban  city,  of  manufacturing  importance  as  well  as  great 
residential  charm,  it  started  its  existence  during  the  days  of  New 
Amsterdam  as  the  Manor  of  Colendock,  the  property  of  Patroon 
Van  der  Donck — Adriaen  Van  der  Donck.  Yonkers  got  its  name  in 
a  strange  way.   Van  der  Donck,  coming  here  in  1642,  lived  in  so 


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Trolley  Exploring, 


much  fashion  that  his  property  soon  got  to  be  called  "de  jonk 
heer's  landt "  (the  gentleman's  land),  from  which  the  transition  to 
Yonkers  is  easy. 

But  Yonkers'  pride  is  her  very  wonderful  colonial  relic  and 
heirloom,  the  Phillipse  Manor  House,  where  Washington's  first 
love,  Mary  Phillipse,  had  her  home.  A  curious  circumstance  about 
her  career  and  the  history  of  this  house  is  that,  at  a  later  day, 
during  the  Revolution,  she  was  attainted  of  treason  and  her  house 
was  confiscated  by  the  Government.  Phillipse  Manor  is  now  in 
fine  condition  and  is  used  by  tbe  municipal  government  of  Yonkers 
as  the  City  Hall.  It  remains  as  a  visible  evidence  of  one  of  the 
famous  old  grants  of  the  first  days  of  American  history.  The 


PHILLIPSE  MANOR  HOUSE  AND  SOLDIERS'  MONUMENT  AT  YONKERS,  N.  Y., 
WHERE  MARY  PHILLIPSE,  WASHINGTON'S  FIRST  SWEETHEART,  LIVED. 

Courtesy  of  New  York  Central  Railroad 

building  is  credited  with  having  been  erected  in  1682.  It  stands 
on  Warburton  avenue,  one  block  north  of  Main  street,  and  the 
trolley  car  from  Hastings  passes  its  doors. 

To  Hastings  from  Yonkers  is  a  third  branch  line,  and  is  but 
a  short  run  of  4|  miles,  30  minutes,  for  5  cents.  Here  the  trol- 
ley car  system  for  the  outskirts  of  New  York  City  ends.  Has- 
tings is  an  important  point,  nevertheless.  Just  beyond  it  lie 
Dobbs  Ferry*  Irvington  and  Tarry  town,  all  to  be  reached 


Upper  Westchester  59 

from  Hastings  by  steam  railroad  (New  York  Central  and  Hud- 
son River).  The  railroad  fare  from  Hastings  to  Irvirvgton 
is  about  12  cents. 

Irvington  is  best  reached  by  train  from  TaLrrytown,  one 
station  above  it.  Like  Dobbs  Ferry,  it  has  no  trolley  con- 
nection. Nevertheless,  because  of  memories  of  Washington 
Irving,  it  must  certainly  be  visited  Csee  Rovite  43,  at  end).  It 
may,  however,  be  approached  by  steam  railroad  from  here. 
Dobbs  Ferry,  on  the  other  hand,  though  it  may  be  visited  at 
the  same  time  as  Tarrytown  and  Irvington,  is  most  readily 
approached  from  HastiDgs  by  train. 

In  1894,  along  by  the  old  Livingston  Mansion  at  Dobbs  Ferry, 
a  monument  was  erected  in  commemoration  of  the  great  events 
in  the  cause  of  American  independence  the  old  building  had 
seen.  For  this  strip  of  country  was  the  theatre  of  much  Revo- 
lutionary history.  War  swirled  through  Westchester  in  those 
days.  In  the  Livingston  Mansion  Washington  met  Rochambeau 
in  1781,  and  there  planned  the  campaign  of  Yorktown.  In  May, 
1783,  under  this  same  roof,  the  papers  were  signed  that  re- 
nounced all  claims  of  England  to  America.  Two  days  later,  out 
in  the  Hudson  just  opposite,  a  British  sloop  of  war  fired  17  guns 
in  honor  of  General  Washington,  the  American  commander. 

The  old  house  is  still  in  a  fine  state  of  preservation. 


ROUTE  41. 

Mount  Vernon  to  Tuckathoe,  through 
Bronxville. 


A  short  line  from  Movmt  Vernon  up  in  the  hills  to  the  north, 
through  Bronxville,  17  minutes,  5  cents;  connections  to  Yonkers, 
via  Nepperharv,  and  to  White  Plains.    (See  Rovite  42A.) 


ROUTE  42. 

Mount  Vernon  to  Ea^st  Chester  a^nd 
Inverness. 


A  short  line  that  makes  trolley  entry  possible  into  the  very  old 
town  of  East  Chester. 

East  Chester  has  its  old  church,  built  in  1764  to  replace  one  erected 
1698  and  destroyed  by  fire.  When  General  Howe  marched  on  to 
White  Plains  he  left  bis  wounded  in  this  church, 


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OLD  MILL,  TARRYTOWN,  N.  Y,,  DATING  BACK  TO  COLONIAL  TIMES. 


R.OUTE  42A. 

Mount  Vernon  and  New  R.ochelle  to 
White  Plains,  through  Nepperhan,  Parson's 
Corners,  Tuckahoe,  Scarsdale,  Hartsdale. 


Ten  miles  up  in  the  hills  from  each  of  the  two  first  points,  an  hour's 
run,  fare  10  cents.  The  cars  from  New  R-ochell©  transfer  at 
Parson's  Corners  to  the  cars  from  White  Plains.  A  fine  new 
line,  in  process  of  construction  for  several  years.  It  passes,  after 
about  five  miles,  into  a  region  of  the  fashionables,  and  fine  country 
places— Scarsdale.   The  new  short  route  to  Tarry  town. 


Upper  Westchester. 


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R.OUTE  43. 

Mount  Vernon  to  PelhaLm,  to  New 
Rochelle,  to  Larchmont,  to  Maimairo- 
neck.  Here  there  is  a.  choice  of  two 
routes,  one  to  Tatrrytown,  the  other  to 
the  East  on  the  way  to  Boston.  The 
former  leads  over  the  Westchester  hills, 
through  White  Plains  and  Elmsford,  into 
Tarrytown,  with  connections  by  train 
at  the  latter  point  to  Irvington  and  Dobbs 
Ferry  —  train  to  Hastings  and  thence 
via  Yonkers  to  either  Mount  Vernon  or 
Kingsbridge.  The  second  route  extends 
from  Mamaroneck  to  Harrison,  R.ye, 
R^ye  Beach,  Portchester,  Belle  Haven, 
Greenwich,    Cos    Cob    and  Stamford. 

This  latter  is  the  way  to  Boston, 
to-day  practically  a,  clear  and  most 
delightful  road.  For  directions  be- 
yond Stamford  see  Route  44,  in  Con- 
necticut and  Massachusetts  chap- 
ters. 


A  through  line  to  White  Plains  and  Tarrytown,  and  another 
along  the  Sound  shores  beyond  Cos  Cob,  Conn. — both  direct 
from  Mount  Vernon.  This  latter  is  the  road  to  Boston,  which 
is  being  made  more  and  more  complete  from  a  trolley  standpoint 
every  year.  Now  it  is  all  but  filled,  but  five  miles  remaining  un- 
trolleyed,  up  in  the  hills  north  of  New  Haven.  For  the  break 
hitherto  between  Cos  Cob  and  Stamford,  close  to  New  York,  is  now 
a  thing  of  the  past.   Trolleys  glide  down    Put's  Hill." 

There  are  no  more  exquisite  rides  anywhere  about  New  York  than 
these  cross  country  runs  to  Ta^rrytown,  over  the  Westchester 
Hills  and  through  White  Plains,  and  close  to  the  varying,  in- 
dented, north  shore  of  the  Sound.  There  are  glimpses  of  very 
fine  country  seats  all  along  the  routes,  and  all  this  region  is  the  most 
magnificent  of  driving  countries. 

TO  PELHAM  AND  NEW  ROCHELLE. 

It  is  a  run  of  24  minutes  from  Movirvt  Vernon  into  New 
Hochelle,  4  miles  (fare  5  cents).  Scarcely  have  the  Movint 
Vernon  city  streets  been  left  behind  than  the  countryside  com- 


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mences  to  be  a  noble  one.  It  gives  promise  of  the  series  of 
beautiful  rides  that  is  to  come.  From  Mount  Vernon,  too,  a 
branch  of  this  line  extends  to  Pelham,  3  miles  away  and  17 
minutes'  journey.  This  latter  point  is  away  from  the  through 
route  to  the  east,  however,  almost  in  the  opposite  direction. 
Pelham  Manor,  further  to  the  south,  is  not  upon  the  trolley 
lines  at  all,  and  is  only  to  be  reached  by  steam  railroad.  At 
New  Rochelle  transfers  are  given  for  a  special  car  to  Glen 
Island  ferry.  From  here  there  is  water  communication  with 
Glen  Island  and  Trovers'  Island  (New  York  Athletic 
Club). 

The  car  from  Mount  Vernon  emerges  several  times  upon  the 
old  Boston  Post  Road.  In  New  Rochelle  a  most  interesting  settle- 
ment is  found.  Modern  as  it  is  now  it  is  of  considerable  antiquity 
in  American  annals.  It  is  a  town  of  the  T.  Liguenots,  and  was 
founded  in  1686  by  French  families  who  became  exiles  from  France 
in  consequence  of  the  revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes. 

There  are  not  many  towns  as  old  as  this  in  the  State  of  New 
York.  Another  memory  of  the  region  is  preserved  in  the  Hutch- 
inson River  which  flows  into  Pelham  Bay,  named  from  Anne 
Hutchinson  who  settled  here  two  centuries  ago,  driven  from  New 
England  during  the  days  of  the  religious  intolerance.  Anne  Hutch- 
inson became  kno  \  n  as  a  benefactress  to  the  Indians,  and  here- 
abouts was  a  country  of  many  thrilling  incidents  of  savage  war- 
fare long  before  the  Revolution  came  on. 

In  the  Revolution  New  Rochelle  played  a  somewhat  extensive 
part.  Tom  Paine,  the  patriot  writer  of  those  days,  lived  here,  and 
a  monument  still  marks  his  grave.  He  was  originally  buried  here, 
but  the  body  was  removed  to  England  in  1819.  The  monument 
stands  on  the  White  Plains  road,  just  off  Main  street. 

Tories  abounded  here,  as  they  did  in  Westchester,  during 
those  troublous  times.  General  Knyphausen  landed  with  Hessian 
troops  on  Davenport  Neck  near  by  and  made  many  reprisals 
upon  patriot  families. 

In  New  R^ochelle  stands  a  battle  monument,  inscribed,  4 'To 
her  Loyal  Sons,"  with  a  figure  of  a  soldier  surmounting  its 
pedestal.  The  5-cent  fare  from  Mount  Vernon  carries  the 
traveler  to  the  LarcKmont  line.  Excellent  summer  shore  re- 
sorts to  be  visited  in  New  Rochelle  (change  cars  in  New 
R^oc  hello  and  transfer)  are  Echo  Ba^y,  Hudson  Park  and 
Dillon  Park.   The  highway  here  is  the  old  Boston  Post  Road  again. 

TO  LAR.CHMONT  AND  LAR.CHMONT  MANOR. 

It  has  cost  but  5  cents  and  36  minutes  of  time  to  get  to  the 
Larchmont  line  from  Mount  Vernon.  At  Larchmont  a 
car  can  be  taken  into  Greenwich,  12^  miles  further,  15  cents. 
From  Larchmont  Line  the  car  at  once  makes  for  Mamaroneck, 
3^  miles,  5  cents  of  the  15.  A  branch  line  runs  down  to  the 
shore— Larchmont  Manor, 


Upper  Westchester, 


63 


In  Larchmont,  a  country  town  that  has  an  ideal  system  of  self 
government,  there  is  the  famous  Larchmont  Yacht  Club,  with 
its  splendid  lawns  upon  the  water  front,  its  fine  club  house  and 
harbor,  and  the  Larchmont  Fire  Department,  a  band  of  amateurs 
who  are  in  great  part  from  the  best  families  and  have  been  trained 
into  almost  the  skill  of  professional  firemen. 

TO  MAMAFLONECK,  R.YE,  POR.TCHESTER., 
GREENWICH  AND  COS  COB. 

Mamaroneck  was  another  Tory  headquarters  in  the  old  days 
before  American  Independence  was  finally  declared,  and  General 
Howe  in  his  Westchester  campaigns  camped  on  Heathcote  Hill 
there,  not  far  from  where  the  old  Delancey  mansion  now  stands. 
In  the  Indian  language  the  name  means,  "the  place  of  rolling 
stones.'1   J.  Fenimore  Cooper  once  lived  in  Mamaroneck. 


WASHINGTON  MONUMENT  AND  THE  LIVINGSTON  MANSION  AT  DOBBS 

FERRY-ON-HUDSON,  N.  Y. 

Courtesy  of  New  York  Central  <£  Hudson  River  Railroad 


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Trolley  Exploring, 


From  this  town  the  road  to  White  Plains  and  Tarrytown 
branches  off  over  the  hills.  From  N&m&roneck  in  Port- 
chester, through  Rye  is  30  minutes  in  time  and  6  miles.  Now 
the  country  begins  to  grow  even  more  beautiful.  To  the  west 
there  are  hills,  and  exquisite  country  houses,  to  the  east  the 
shore  of  which  glimpses  begin  to  be  caught. 
At  R»ye  there  is  a  braDch  running  down  to  R^ye  Beach 

which  is  being  built  up 
into  a  popular  summer 
resort  to  rival  Ulmer 
Park,  LoDg  Island. 
Free  tranfers  are  issued 
to  this  from  the  main 
line. 

Rye  was  much  over- 
run in  the  Revolution 
by  guerrilla  bands,  and 
there  were  conflicts  in 
old  Rye  village. 

The  points,  islands 
and  coves  along  the 
Sound  from  Mamaro- 
neck  are  Mill  Creek,  Hen  Island,  Rye  Neck,  Rye  Point,  Parsonage 
Point,  Manursing  Islands.  The  trolley  road  goes  fairly  close  to  the 
Sound  in  this  district,  and  it  would  hardly  be  too  long  a  walk  to  visit 
any  of  them,  returning  to  the  tracks  and  again  boarding  the  car. 

Portchester  of  recent  years  has  grown  to  be  almost  a  city,  and 
for  a  mile  or  so  much  of  the  sense  or  rural  traveling  is  lost. 
On  either  side  of  it,  however,  is  a  chain  of  really  magnificent 
country  residences  on  the  Sound  side  of  the  old  highway  that 
is  the  Post  Road. 

The  other  side  of  Portchester  the  By  ram  River  comes  in, 
the  boundary  line  of  New  York  and  Connecticut,  a  singularly 
picturesque  stream.  Beyond  lie  Belle  H&ven  and  Green- 
wich,  where  trolleying  from  New  York  has  hitherto  come  to 
an  end  and  the  first  break  in  the  route  to  Boston  has  com- 
menced. But  this  summer  this  has  been  changed.  The  trolley 
no  longer  stops  on  the  top  of  Putnam  Hill,  Greenwich,  but 
goes  plunging  down  into  the  valley,  to  the  village  of  Cos  Cob, 
and  has  been  built  into  Stamford. 

There  are  not  a  few  experienced  trolley  trippers  who  say  that  in 
scenery  and  in  change  of  pictures  along  the  route,  the  journey  from 
the  Byram  River  past  Belle  Haven  into  Greenwich,  is  the 
finest  about  New  York,  that  it  can  only  be  compared  with  the 


SUNNYSIDE,  IRVINGTON. 


Upper  Westchester.  65 

trip  to  Passaic,  Patersorv,  Little  FolIIs  and  Singac,  New 

Jersey. 

Roughly  speaking,  this  trolley  journey  to  Greenwich,  from 
129th  street  and  Third  avenue,  Harlem  River,  can  be  made  in  2 
hours  and  20  minutes,  (at  a  cost  of  28  cents  from  the  Brooklyn  Bridge 
by  Third  Avenue  Elevated. ) 

Just  outside  of  Greenwich  Village  is  to  be  seen  the  superb 
country  place  built  by  "  Bill  Tweed  "  Milbank.11  A  quarter  of 
a  mile  beyond  is  Putnam's  Hill,  a  high  steep  overlooking  the 
valley  and  Cos  Cob.  It  was  here  that  General  Israel  Putnam 
made  his  famous  ride  on  horseback  down  the  flight  of  steps 
when  pursued  by  the  enemy.  Several  of  the  steps  are  still  half 
visible,  though  a  century  and  a  quarter  has  gone  by  since  the 
ride  was  taken.  A  rough  stone  block  keeps  green  the  story  of 
the  feat,  with  this  inscription : 

"This  marks  the  spot 
Where,  on  February  26,  1779, 
General  Israel  Putnam, 
Cut  off  from  his  soldiers, 
Pursued  by  British  cavalry, 
Galloped  down  this  rocky  steep 
And  escaped,  daring  to  lead  where  not 
One  of  many  hundred  foes  dared  to  follow. 


Erected  by  the 
Putnam  Hill  Chapter,  Daughters 

of  the  American  Revolution, 
of  Greenwich,  Conn.,  A.  D.  1900. 

Greenwich  has  Indian  Harbor  as  its  eastward  water  point, 
and  all  through  this  region  there  is  especially  fine  boating  and 
fishing.  In  Cos  Cob  is  the  old  Holly  house  (now  an  artists1  board- 
ing house),  where  General  Putnam  attended  a  party  the  night  before 
his  ride.  The  looking  glass  in  which  he  saw  (according  to  history) 
the  reflection  of  the  redcoats,  is  now  in  the  collections  of  the  New 
York  Historical  Society. 

The  trolley  cars  go  here  within  a  few  rods  of  the  old  settlers' 
burying  ground  where  Cos  Cob  and  Mianus,  the  Indian  chieitains, 
are  buried.  This  burial  ground  can  only  be  discovered  upon  close 
inspection.  It  is  but  a  few  uncared  f or  mounds  to-day. 

From  Greenwich  to  Cos  Cob  is  2  miles.  It  is  3  miles  further 
into  Stamford.    (See  Route  44). 

MAMARONECK   TO  WHITE  PLAINS,  ELMSFORD 
AND  TARRYTOWN,  STEAM  RAILROAD 
TO  IRVINGTON. 

Over  the  Westchester  hills  into  White  Plains,  a  Revolutionary 
battle  ground,  a  ride  of  6  miles,  taking  33  minutes  from  Mama- 
roneck,  is  another  of  fine  tours  of  trolleying.  The  journeyer  does 
not  stop  here,  he  k^eps  on  7  miles  further  into  Tarrytowrv, 


66  Trolley  Exploring. 

wherein  are  Sleepy  Hollow  church,  the  bridge  over  Pocarvtico 
creek,  made  famous  by  Washington  Irving's  "  Headless  Horseman," 
and  a  quaint  and  charming  old  mill. 

To  get  to  Sleepy  Hollow  church  and  the  famous  bridge  (which 
lie  close  together)  requires  considerable  walking.  Leave  the  trolley- 
car  at  Orchard  street,  one  block  from  the  railroad,  and  walk  north 
one  mile.  There  are  no  more  old  time  spots  roundabout  New  York. 
The  old  mill  was  built  by  Vredryk  Flypse,  who  got  a  grant  here 
in  1680. 

Tarry  town  is  the  village  where  Major  Andre  was  captured.  Its 
name,  TARWEE  TOWN,  means  wheat  town.  In  the  Indian  tongues 
it  was  called  Alipconck,  the  place  of  elms. 

Irvington  must  surely  be  included  in  the  pilgrimage,  for  even 
though  trolley  cars  do  not  reach  it  the  railroad  is  close  at  hand. 
Here  is  Washington  Irving 's  home,  Sunnyside,  still  occupied  by  one 
of  his  descendants,  a  country  place  of  wonderful  fascination,  a 
house  that  far  transcends  all  the  modern  mansions  of  the  Hudson's 
bank.   It  was  once  known  as  Wolfert's  Roost. 

At  Elmsford  (old  Hall's  Corners)  is  "Four  Corners,"  of  historic 
fame  where  the  British  attacked  the  patriots  in  1780.  South  of 
the  railroad  station  is  the  Greenburgh  Dutch  Church,  built  in  1770. 
in  whose  burying  ground  lie  many  patriots.  Near  by  there  was 
raised  three  quarters  of  a  century  ago  a  monument  to  Isaac  Van 
Wart,  one  of  the  captors  of  Andre. 

Sleepy  Hollow  Cemetery  is,  after  all,  half  the  charm  of  West- 
chester, of  exquisite  countryside.  Though  small  in  extent  and 
rural  there  are  few  other  God's  acres  in  America  that  can  compare 
with  it  in  loveliness.  It  adjoins  the  old  Church  noted  above.  Wash- 
ington Irving  lies  buried  here. 


Connecticut  and 

Massachusetts 

From  New  York  to  Boston  very 
nearly  a  through  trolley  run  to-day. 
But  twelve  miles  open — between 
New      Haven      and  Wallingford. 

■™^T^T  Stamford,  Conn.,  35  miles  from  the  Harlem  River, 
j\       trolleyingin  New  England  begins  for  the  New  Yorker 
and  ends  for  the  people  of  Massachusetts  and  Con- 


necticut. With  the  exception  of  twelve  and  a  half  miles 
from  New  Haven  to  Wallingford,  Conn.,  a  gap 


that  must  be  bridged  by  train,  it  is  now  possible  to  use  no  other 
locomotion  than  the  electric  car  to  get  from  the  New  York  City  Hall 
to  the  Boston  State  House.  The  trip  may,  of  course,  be  cut  even 
finer,  and  Boston  may  be  trolleyed  to  all  except  five  miles  by  going 
up  from  New  Haven  to  Cheshire,  and  driving  across  the  moun- 
tains to  Milldale  (see  map,  page  G8).  There  is  now  a  trolley  from 
New  Haven  to  Derby,  and  the  trolley  is  creeping  yet  further  up 


MEMORIAL  BRIDGE,  MILFORD,  CONN. 
Courtesy  of  C.  A.  Tomlimon. 


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Connecticut  and  Massachusetts.  69 

the  Housatonic  Valley.  New  Haven  will,  in  a  few  mouths,  be 
joined  with  Waterbury 

Now  there  begins  a  long  line  of  tours  that  with  but  one 
break  embrace  all  New  Eng- 
land, save  in  Western  Connec- 
ticut and  Massachusetts  and 
up  in  the  mountainous  coun- 
try to  the  north.  By  trolley 
car  through  these  regions 
scenery  is  to  be  had  that 
would  not  be  met  with  in  rail- 
road riding,  only  in  the  course 
of  long  driving  trips  that 
would  take  weeks.  The  trol- 
leys of  New  England  have 
opened  up  to  the  public  the 
Housatonic  and  the  Connecti- 
cut valleys,  both  of  wonderful 
loveliness. 

For  the  traveler  going  north- 
eastward at  New  Haven, 
for  him  going  southwestward 
at  Mildale  (see  map  opposite  page)  this  5  mile  "  gap "  that 
remains  must  be  taken  into  consideration.  Traveling  eastward  one 
may  trolley  from  New  Haven  to  Cheshire,  and  then  drive 
across  to  Mildale  (cost,  say  $2).  Better  still,  however,  is  the  plan 
given  here  last  year,  simply  take  the  train  from  New  Haven  to 
Wallingford  (12^  miles,  25  cents).  At  Wallingford  find  straight 
trolley  tracks  through  into  Boston.  Going  westward  keep  on 
trolley  from  Mildale  to  Wallingford,  then  steam  car  to  New 
Haven.  Exact  cost  through  trip,  $3.21  this  way,  counting  railroad 
fare.   Four  days  had  best  be  taken. 

From  Bridgeport  and  Ansonia  (see  page  74)  lines  are  gradu- 
ally creeping  up  the  Ho  vis  atonic  and  the  Navigatuck  Valley 
that  will  in  a  year  or  so  connect  these  cities  with  Waterburv. 
Then  a  line  will  be  extended  from  Waterbury  across  towards 
New  Britain.  This  will  in  time  be  the  New  England  Route.  All 
this  is,  however,  in  the  future.  The  immediate  extensions  here  are 
New  Haven  across  to  Derby,  from  Ansonia  to  Seymour. 
These  are  now  being  operated.  There  is  no  prospect  of  the 
Cheshire- Milldale  "  gap  "  being  filled  this  summer. 

Made  comfortably,  everything  being  taken  into  account,  the  trol- 
ley trip  to  Boston  may  be  figured  as  costing  $20.50  for  each  person. 
This  allows  for  a  four-day  trolley  journey  to  Boston,  a  day  to  Fall 
River  and  the  return  on  the  boat  from  there  or  from  Providence, 
If  expenses  are  watched  and  inexpensive  hotels  and  restaurants  are 


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chosen  the  journey  could  be  made  for  several  dollars  less,  probably 
for  $15,  especially  if  one  of  the  cheaper  boats  was  taken  at  Provi- 
dence. But  $17  would  be  about  the  minimum  of  cost,  even  for  a 
three  days'  trip.   The  boat  need  not  necessarily  be  taken  and  the 

journey  through  Eastern  Massa- 
chusetts need  not  necessarily  be 
made.  Upon  arriving  in  Boston 
late  in  the  afternoon,  or,  taking  the 
trip  the  other  way,  in  New  York,  a 
night  train  could  be  immediately 
boarded  back. 

The  charm  of  trolleying  long  dis- 
tances, though,  is  leisurely  proceed- 
ing, getting  a  peep  at  each  big 
city  en  route.  The  Trolley  Explorer 
is  earnestly  advised  not  to  hurry, 
and  to  take,  if  possible,  five  days 
for  this  most  beautiful  of  tours  and 
its  return. 

One,  and  perhaps  the  only  serious 
disadvantage  of  trolleying  trips 
lasting  over  several  days  is  that  the 
baggage  must  be  carried  in  the 
hand.  As  light  weight  grips  as  pos- 
sible are  essential.  For  women  the  inexpensive  straw  telescopes 
are  suggested.  Jackets,  top  coats  and  umbrellas  are  advisable,  no 
matter  what  the  weather  on  starting  out. 

For  a  four-day  trip  the  journey  had  best  be  divided  in  this  manner : 

First  day,  New  York  to  Bridgeport. 
Second  day,  Bridgeport  to  Hartford. 
Third  day,  Hartford  to  Ware,  Mass. 
Fourth  day,  Ware  into  Boston. 

For  a  three-day  trip  a  good  programme  would  be : 

First  day,  New  York  to  New  Haven. 
Second  day,  New  Haven  to  Springfield. 
Third  day,  Springfield  into  Boston. 

Rovites  44,  46,  47,  49,  51  give  the  New  York-Boston 

trip  in  detail  from  Stamford  on.  For  the  way  into  Stamford  see 
Route  35  (from  Harlem  River,  129th  street  and  Third  avenue, 
New  York,  take  Third  avenue  Elevated  to  this  point),  to  Mount 
Vernon  and  Route  43  to  Cos  Cob  and  Stamford  (see  remarks 
Route  43,  and  pages  67  and  69).   The  return  trip  from  Boston 


BUSHNELL  PARK,  HARTFORD. 

Courtesy  of  Elmer  M.  White. 


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Connecticut  and  Massachusetts. 


71 


will  be  found  under  Routes  53,  54  and  55.  Persons  traveling 
from  east  to  west  should  study  these  routes  noted  here  in  the 
reverse  order. 

By  the  use  of  some  one  of  the  many  lines  of  Sound  steamboats  it 
would  be  possible  to  vary  this  Boston  trip  delightfully.  A  boat 
might  be  taken  from  New  York  to  Stamford,  or  to  Bridgeport, 
to  New  Haven,  or  even  up  the  Connecticut  River  to  Hartford, 
and  actual  trolleying  commenced  from  either  of  these  points.  Sound 
boat  fares  are,  in  general,  low,  and  a  combination  tour  of  this 
sort  would  cost  less,  take  it  altogether,  than  going  all  the  way  by 
trolley.  Besides  this  there  are,  doubtless,  many  people  who  would 
not  care  for  the  entire  Boston  trip,  but  would  enjoy  being  landed 
comfortably  in  new  trolley  centres.  There  is  a  fine  day  of  riding  to 
be  taken  about  each  of  the  cities  mentioned,  out  from  Stamford 
(Rovite  44),  out  from  Bridgeport  (Rovites  45  and  46),  out 
from  New  Haven  (Routes  46  and  47),  out  from  Hertford 
(Rovites  47,  48  a^nd  49).  All  are  accessible  to  those  living  in 
the  metropolitan  district  of  New  York,  as  well  as  to  New  Engend- 
ers, by  journeying  to  these  cities  by  water. 

For  those  who  have  traveled  frequently  over  Westchester  lines  and 
would  prefer  to  reach  the  Connecticut  trolley  starting  point  for  the 
East  in  a  new  way  this  Sound  boat  for  Stamford  is  to  be  recom- 
mended. It  leaves  Peck  Slip  (East  River)  at  2.55  each  week-day 
afternoon  (Saturdays  2.30),  and  lands  at  the  foot  of  East  Thirty-first 
street  for  passengers.  The  fare  is  35  cents  and  the  time  of  the  sail  is 
three  hours.    (See  Bullinger's  Guide  for  changes  in  schedule.) 


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Two  boats  leave  New  York  for  Bridgeport  each  week  day  (at 
11  A.M.  and  3  P.M.;  time  of  trip  four  hours  ;  fare  50  cents.)  Both 
start  from  Pike  Slip  (East  River)  and  stop  at  the  foot  of  East  Thirty- 
first  street. 

There  are  two  distinct  water  routes  to  New  Haven.  The  after- 
noon boat,  charging  one  dollar  each  way,  leaves  Clark  son  street  at  4 
every  week-day,  and  reaches  New  Haven  at  9  o'clock.  The  night 
boat  starts  from  the  foot  of  Dey  street  (North  River)  at  9  o'clock  in 
the  evening  every  day  except  Saturday,  and  takes  six  hours  for  the 
trip.    Fare  75  cents. 

The  Hartford  boat's  fare  is  $1.50  and  it  sails  from  the  foot  of 
Pike  street  each  week-day  at  5  P.  M.,  being  due  in  Hartford  at  7 
o'clock  next  morning.  (See  Bullinger's  Guide  for  changes  in  schedule.) 


ROUTE  44. 

Stamford  into  Bridgeport,  through  Noro- 
ton, Darien,  Rowayton,  Roton  Point,  South 
Norwalk,  Ea.st  NorwaJk,  NorwaJk,  Sauga- 
tuck,  Westport,  Southport,  Fairfield,  Black 
R^ock,  with  a.  Short  "Side  Trip"  from 
Stamford  into  New  C^na^n. 


Through  the  pleasant  streets  of  this  charming  little  Connecticut 
city  of  Stamford  the  trolley  car  starts  off,  for  but  the  shortest  of 
runs,  however.  In  twenty  minutes  or  so,  having  shot  past  many 
villas  and  afforded  a  glimpse  of  SKipparv  Point  on  the  Sound, 
but  a  mile  away,  its  tracks  come  to  an  abrupt  end.  A  short  stone 
bridge  spanning  a  narrow  stream,  the  Noroton  River,  must  now  be 
crossed  afoot.  On  its  other  side,  in  the  town  of  Darien,  the  connect- 
ing car  waits,  and  thence,  though  two  changes  are  necessary,  it  is  a 
straight  journey  into  Bridgeport,  stepping  from  car  to  car. 

If  time  allows  there  is  an  interesting  "  side  trip  "  to  be  made  here, 
a  short  pilgrimage  into  New  Canaan,  six  miles  to  the  north  and  a 
picturesque  country  place,  twenty  minutes  in  the  going,  at  a  fare  of 
15  cents. 

The  view  from  the  bridge  over  the  Noroton  but  starts  the 
exquisite  series  of  New  England  pictures  that  are  to  come 
before  the  traveler's  eyes.  Besides  ihe  scenery  he  has  a  new 
interest— he  is  now  beginning  to  traverse  historic  Connecticut. 
These  towns  along  the  shore  were  some  of  the  earliest  settle- 
ments of  New  England.  All  through  the  Revolution  the  British 
rampaged  and  pillaged  through  here.  But  Darien,  Saugatuck. 
Norwalk  and  FaJrfield  were  in  existence  long  before  those 
days. 


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73 


Norwalk  goes  back,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  to  1640.  A  brisk 
Connecticut  city  (rather  two  cities,  Norwalk  and  South  Nor- 
walk, proud  of  their  manufactures),  it  does  not  show  its  an- 
tiquity to  the  casual  observer  or  to  the  passer  through  its  main 
streets,  save  in  the  many  quaint  old  cemeteries  scattered  every- 
where in  the  centers  and  perched  on  hilltops.  These  make  the 
Norwalks  somewhat  interesting  places.  Norwalk  is  truly 
celebrated,  Washington  having  written  about  it  in  his  diary.  A 
stone,  easily  seen  en  route,  marks  the  site  of  the  founding  of 
the  town,  and  there  is  a  good  red  brick  Town  Hall,  built  in 
1835,  that  should  have  a  glance. 

Darien,  too,  is  anciently  historic.  It  is  not  until  Fairfield  is 
reached,  nevertheless,  that  the  historical  climax  is  capped  for 
this  stretch  of  shore.  Fairfield  is  not  only  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  of  Connecticut  towns  but*  it  is  filled  with  annals  of  '76. 


THE  VALLEY  OF  THE  CONNECTICUT. 

General  Tryon,  the  Britisher,  burned  it.  The  old  Benson  Tavern 
was  for  many  a  long  year  a  favorite  hostelry  of  the  Boston 
Post  Road,  and  it  still  stands.  Here  there  are  memories  of 
Peter  Parley.  Katharine  M.  Abbott,  in  her  little  hand-books,  has 
written  most  entertainingly  and  fully  of  these  Connecticut  towns, 
and  the  small  pocket  volumes  are  to  be  had  in  nearly  all  the 
New  England  book  shops.  Fairfield's  Court  House  was  built 
in  1720,  destroyed  by  the  British  in  1779,  and  rebuilt  1794. 

There  is,  too,  in  this  range  of  towns  Sovithport,  whose  at- 
traction is  the  extremely  fine  Pequot  Library,  with  its  many 
rare  books  on  the  Pequot  Indians.  Miss  Abbott  says:  **The 
Pequots,  whose  day  of  power  ended  on  the  spot  where  the 
Library  stands." 

From  Noroton  it  takes  two  hours  and  a  half  to  get  into 
Bridgeport,  and  the  fare  is  forty  cents  (45  cents  from  Stamford 
Depot,  25  miles).  Much  beautiful  countryside  is  passed  through, 
the  trolley  running  along  a  shady  highway,  between  fields,  through 
ouaint  villages,  with  glimpses  now  and  again  of  the  Sound.  Be- 


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sides  the  points  of  historic  note  there  is  much  else  to  be  seen. 
Following  Noroton  and  Darien  are  Howayton  and  R^oton 
Point,  the  latter  on  the  Sound  itself,  a  splendid  and  popular 
pleasuring  ground.  Then  come  the  Norwalks,  a  continuous, 
picturesque  city  for  miles.  Saugatuck,  Westport  and  South- 
port  are  next  on  the  line,  and  after  Fairfield's  main  street 
is  left  behind  the  cars  touch  Ble^ck  FLock,  a  district  of  many 
fashionable  country  seats. 


ROUTE  45. 

A  magnificent  "Side  Trip" — up  aJong 
the  Housattonic  to  Derby  a.nd  Ansonia. 
out  from  Bridgeport. 


Noblest  of  all  New  England  rivers  is  the  Hovisatorxic,  in  its  wind- 
ings from  the  Sound  up  to  the  hills  where  Derby  and  Ansonia  stand, 
at  least.  Even  the  far-famed  Connecticut  can  bring  forward  no 
lovelier  series  of  scenes,  and  by  trolley,  in  the  space  of  less  than 
three  hours,  all  this  may  be  viewed. 

The  cars  for  this  Housatonic  trip  of  trips  start  from  the  railroad 
station  at  Bridgeport,  meeting  the  cars  that  have  come  in  from 
Noroton.  This  is  a  "side  trip"  that  must,  without  question,  be 
taken.  The  "Trolley  Explorer11  need  not  necessarily  journey  all 
the  way  to  Bridgeport  by  trolley  car.  He  can  quite  as  easily,  per- 
haps more  pleasantly  (supposing  that  he  is  not  making  the  entire 
Boston  trip),  go  by  boat  from  New  York  to  Bridgeport.  (See  details 

in  introduction  to  this  chapter). 

From  Bridgeport  the  running 
time  into  Arvsonia.  is  80  min- 
utes (20  cents  fare,  17  miles) 

The  car  goes  through  Stratford 
(See  Route  46),  past  Pine  Rock 
Park,  a  splendid  summer  pleas- 
ure ground  with  a  wonderful  view, 
its  buildings  all  of  rustic  fashion, 
through  Shelton  and  into  Derby 
and  Ansonia,  now  a  continuous 
city.  These  are  two  of  the  briskest 
echo  bridge,  newton,  mass.  and  most  interesting  of  the  manu- 
facturing centers  of  Connecticut. 
These  are  the  most  superb  views  of  the  valley  of  the  Housatonic 
from  the  car  which  runs  on  the  hills  above  the  river  the  entire  dis- 
tance. The  Jersey  and  Westchester  trips  mentioned  in  previous 
Chapters,  those  to  "Patterson  and  Greenwich  especially,  hardly 
equal  this  short  run  in  pure  scenic  beauty. 


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PEQUOT  LIBRARY,  SOUTHPORT,  CONN. 


ROUTE  46. 

Out  of  Bridgeport  into  New  Haven, 
through  Stratford,  Milford,  Woodmont  and 
Sa.vin  Rock. 


Bridgeport  dates  back  to  1637,  but  for  all  that  it  is  a  modern 
factory  city.  A  Soldiers  and  Sailors1  Monument  is  its  great  sight  for 
the  tourist.  The  trolley  traveler  who  stops  there  over  night  will 
find  comfortable  hotels,  among  which  the  Arcade  and  the  Atlantic 
may  be  instanced. 

Into  New  Haven  from  this  Sound  city  there  is  precisely  a  2  hour 
run  (fare  25  cents,  distance  22  miles).    Here  there  is  fast  trolley- 

ing.  A  part  of  the  way,  from  out  of  Milford  eastward  for  several 
miles  the  trolley  rails  are  laid  directly  on  the  Sound  beach,  and  a 
superb  speed  is  worked  up.  The  sensation  of  flying  by  electric  car 
on  the  very  water's  edge  is  unusual  and  exciting  in  a  high  degree. 
The  run  is  through  Stratford,  Milford,  Woodmont  and 
Sa^vin  Rock. 

Here  is  another  most  extraordinary  section  of  historic  Connecti- 
cut.  So  picturesque  and  beautiful,  so  full  of  memories  are  Stratford 


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and  Milford  that  it  will  seem  to  most  people  a  pity  not  to  get  off  the 
car  at  the  "Greens 11  of  each  and  spend  hours  in  these  towns. 

The  trolley  passes  along  the  Street  of  the  Triple  Elms  in  Stratford, 
trees  well  nigh  300  years  old.  This  village  was  founded  in  1639,  and 
puts  forward  to  the  visitor  the  quaintest  of  architecture.  In  Strat- 
ford town  among  other  sights  is  the  Gallows  Bridge  on  which  Goody 
Bassett  was  hung  for  witchcraft  in  1650.  Miss  Abbott  tells  the  tale 
of  one  Birdsey,  who  was  whipped  (under  the  Blue  Laws),  because  he 
was  seen  to  kiss  his  wife  on  Sunday  on  his  own  doorstep. 

Milford  Green  is  a  paradise  of  itself.  The  car  skirts  it,  and  as  it 
turns  gives  a  glimpse  of  the  Memorial  Bridge,  erected  a  year  or  so 
ago,  on  whose  granite  piers  and  balustrade  are  cut  the  names  and 
the  deeds  of  the  worthies  who  figured  in  her  romantic  and  stormy 
Colonial  and  Revolutionary  history.  Milford  has  many  old  elms 
too  ;  it  was  Wepowagee  in  the  Indian  tongue. 

Savin  Rock  is  a  famous  Sound-side  resort  for  New  Haven  people 
and  for  many  others. 

F  ive  cents  can  be  saved  by  the  Trolley  Explorer  to  Boston  if  he 
but  passes  through  Bridgeport  and  does  not  stop.  On  the  car 
coming  into  Bridgeport  a  transfer  can  be  had  which  will  carry  the 
traveler  through  Stratford  to  Washington  Bridge  at  the  mouth 

of  the  Housatonic. 


New  Haven  into  Hartford,  first  by  rail 
to  Wallingford — there  being  a  "gap"  here 
—  then  through  YaJesville,  Meriden, 
New  Britain,  or  trolley  to  Cheshire, 
then  drive  to  Mildale, 


At  New  Haven  the  first  important  4 'break "  in  the  journey  from 


miles  away.  Wallingford  can  be  reached  readily  by  train  from 
New  Haven  (12  miles,  25  minutes,  fare  25  cents).  At  the  station 
in  Wallirvgford  the  trolley  car  to  Meriderv  can  be  picked  up. 


ROUTE  47. 


ON  THE  SHORE  AT  NORWALK,  CONN. 


New  York  to  Boston  is  met  with. 
It  is  true  that  a  local  line  can  be 
taken  at  New  Haverv  to 
Cheshire,  16  miles  to  the  north, 
and  it  is  possible  to  drive  over  to 
Mildale,  5  miles  more,  but  tour- 
ing in  this  direction  is  bootless, 
though  it  has  been  advised.  The 
objective  trolleying  point  from 
New  Haven  is  Wallingford, 
from  which  the  trolley  rails  now 
lead  unbrokenly  up  to  Boston,  175 


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Going  to  Movirvt  Carrrvel  or  CKesKire  is  without  purpose.  It 
simply  means  a  long,  hard  drive  of  five  miles  over  uninterest- 
ing hills,  costing  at  least  $2.00,  with  perhaps  a  rig  difficult  to  get. 

New  Haven  has  many  things 
worth  looking  at,  the  chief  of  them 
being  the  buildings  of  Yale  Univer- 
sity, chartered  as  Yale  College  in 
1701.  The  New  Haven  "Green"  is 
the  most  imposing  in  New  England. 
From  the  wonderful  elms  there  old 
Quinnipiac  (as  it  was  called  origin- 
ally) gets  the  title  of  the  "Elm  City.'1 

The  fine  new  buildings  of  the 
University  and  the  remnant  of  the 
old  yet  remaining  must  have  a  few 
moments  given  them, no  matter  what 
the  hurry.  There  should  be  a  walk 
ovei  the  "  Green1'  (under  the  Elms) 
and  through  the  1  'Quadrangle. " 

At  New  Haven,  for  a  stop 
over  night,  Moseley^  and  the 
Tontine  can  be  commended. 

Wallingford  into  Hertford  is  a  matter  of  40  miles  by  trolley, 
the  road  winding  interminably  through  a  country  by  no  means  un- 
attractive to  speed  through,  however.  The  journey  takes  a  trifle 
over  three  hours,  and  its  cost  is  fifty  cents.  The  way  leads  past 
Yalesville  and  41  Silver-plate "  Meriden,  important  in  manu- 
facturing annals,  then  it  bends  into  thinly  settled  hill  and  dale 
country.  Tell  the  conductor  of  the  car  into  Meriden  that  you 
are  going  through  and  get  a  "Hubbard  Park  transfer,0  thereby 
saving  five  cents. 

After  Meriden  there  is  nothing  but  open  countryside  until 
New  Britain  is  reached.  From  MilldaJe  (see  map)  a  line 
will,  within  a  year  or  S3,  be  extended  to  Cheshire  (see  above). 
This  is  a  distance  of  5  miles.  Then  there  will  be  a  short  trolley  run, 
20  miles  due  north,  from  New  Haven,  connecting  with  the  present 
road  here.  These  five  miles  might  be  bridged  by  carriage  direct,  but 
it  would  not  be  advised  unless  a  carriage  should  be  telegraphed  for 
in  advance.  There  is  a  capital  road  house  at  CKesKire,  Walter 
Scott's,  however,  a  famous  resort  for  some  years  past,  with  a  menu 
ranging  from  a  five  cent  sandwich  to  a  ten  dollar  dinner,  the 
Waverly  Inn. 

At  Meriden  there  is  the  Winthrop,  at  New  Britain  the  Rush- 
win,  at  Hartford  the  Alleyn  House  and  the  Heublein,  all  good  inns 
of  New  England  for  the  trolley  traveler  to  pass  a  night  at.  New 
Britain  is  an  attractive  town,  especially  when  it  is  trolleyed  into  in 
the  early  evening.  Here  cars  are  changed  for  Hartford,  a  ten  mile 
run,  a  ten  cent  fare. 


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Trolley  Exploring. 


ROUTE  48. 

Trolleying  aground  Hertford. 

There  is  no  city  in  New  England,  not  even  excepting  Boston, 
that  offers  greater  possibilities  for  entrancing  little  trolley  trips  of 
two,  three  or  four  hours'  duration  than  does  Hartford.  Beauti- 
fully situated,  with  fine  parks  and  a  superb  circling  of  countryside, 
Hartford  offers  tour  after  tour. 
It  would  be  an  excellent  scheme  for  those  who  are  fond  of  trolley- 
ing and  want  new  sights,  to  take 
the  boat  for  Hartford  from  New 
York  late  some  afternoon,  trolley 
about  Hartford  the  following  day 
and  return  late  in  the  evening,  again 
by  boat,  reaching  New  York  the 
second  morning  (see  introduction  to 
this  chapter) . 

The  trolleying  possibilities  of  Hert- 
ford can  be  but  touched  upon  here, 
but  below  are  suggestions  for  trips : 

Up  the  Connecticut  Valley  to 
Springfield,  Mass.,  en  route  to 
Boston  (see  Rovite  49). 

To  Manchester,  a  great  mill  town 
(a  splendid  trip),  9J£  miles,  49  min- 
utes from  Hartford,  15  cents. 

To  Sovitn  Glastonbury,  10  miles, 
15  cents,  one  hour's  run.    Here  is 
the  Hollister  House,  built  in  1675, 
south  glastonbury,  conn.      said  to  be  the  oldest  wooden  house 

now  standing  in  Connecticut. 
To  Farmington,  settled  in  1640,  where  Miss  Porter's  noted  semi- 
nary for  girls  is  situated,  9  miles,  15  cents. 

To  Lake  Compounce  (a  famous  pleasuring  ground),  20%  miles, 
28  cents,  or  22^£  miles,  31  cents,  2  hours'  run. 

Very  full  details  in  regard  to  these  and  other  tours  about  Hert- 
ford and  in  fact  all  over  Connecticut,  etc.,  with  much  historic 
information,  capitally  arranged,  is  to  be  found  in  the  admirable 
little  handbook,  "  Trolley  Trips  Through  Southern  New  England," 
by  White  and  Warner,  Hartford,  Conn.,  price  10  cents,  which  should 
be  purchased  en  route  as  a  supplement  to  this  volume. 


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79 


All  the  cars  of  Hartford,  over  one  hundred  an  hour,  pass  in  front 
of  the  "  Square,1'  which  goes  back  to  1637.  The  City  Hall,  once  the 
State  House,  was  built  in  1791  Two  points  of  notable  interest  are 
the  Centre  Church  (1807),  with  its  old  burying  ground  (1640), and  the 
white  marble  State  Capitol  standing  in  Bushnell  Park.  There  is  a 
famous  Memorial  Arch  likewise,  and  along  by  way  of  Farmington 
avenue  is  Hartford's  literary  centre  where  Mark  Twain,  C Maries 
Dudley  Warner,  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe  and  William  Gillette  long 
lived. 

In  Hartford  bicycles,  Colt  revolvers  and  Gatling  guns  have  been 
famous  products  of  manufacture. 


ROUTE  49. 

In  the  Connecticut  Valley.  Hartford  to 
Springfield,  through  EeLst  Windsor  Hill, 
Warehouse  Point,  Enfield,  Long  Meadow. 


Until  quite  recently  there  was  a  "gap"  between  these  two  cities, 
but  recently  this  has  been  filled,  and  the  Explorer  can  now  make  his 
way  from  Connecticut's  State  Capitol  into  Western  Massachusetts 
without  delay,  in  the  very  finest  trolley  cars  in  the  East,  each  hand- 
somely plush  seated,  a  genuine  railroad  car  for  comfort,  each  with  a 
glassed-off  smoking  compartment  in  front. 

But  what  is  more  than  this,  the  way  is  indescribably  lovely.  From 
Hartford  into  Springfield  is  close  to  30  miles;  its  fare  is  30  cents. 
The  trolley  run  niug  time  between  the  two  cities  is  2  hours  and  20 
minutes.   This  summer  it  is  to  be  reduced  to  1  hour  and  50  minutes. 

First  there  come  the  great  elms  and  "  street"  of  East  Hartford, 
then  through  a  beautiful  country  the  trolley 
road  stretches,  the  superb  Connecticut  much 
of  the  time  in  view.  Just  after  the  State 
line  is  crossed  the  town  of  Long  Ne&dow 
begins,  an  immensely  wide  highway  bord- 
ered by  old  houses,  this  continuing  for  two 
miles  and  more,  a  lawn  in  its  centre, 
smooth  cropped,  overhung  by  ancient  trees, 
the  trolley  track  in  its  midst,  the  rails 
half  hidden  by  grass;  finally  the  valley 
of  the  Connecticut  again,  approached  sud- 
denly, seen  in  all  its  glory  from  the  hill- 
tops, with  the  roofs  of  Springfield  in 
the  distance,  a  panorama  of  scores  of 
miles  ahead,  magnificent  in  the  sunshine 
of  an  afternoon. 


There  is  nothing 
else  in  trolleying  like 
unto  this,  a  never-to- 
be-forgotten  picture. 

Many  a  point  on  the 
way  arouses  atten- 
tion. Sovith  Wind- 
sor, just  beyond 
Ee^st  Hertford, 
was  the  homestead 
of  Roger  Wolcott. 
About  here  nowa- 
days much  tobacco 
growing  is  going  on. 
All  through  this  long 
' '  street, 1 1  especially 
about  Enfield  and 
Long  Meadow 
are  colonial  man- 
sions, enviable  in  their  unrestored  architecture.  This  Connecticut 
land  is  ?nany  a  long  year  old.  You  are  in  New  England's  very  heart. 

Tnompsonville.  a  step  further  than  Enfield,  is  the  greatest 
town  of  carpet  manufacturing  in  this  country.  The  old  homesteads 
of  Long  Meadow  are  all  but  perfect.  It  is  said  that  when  permis- 
sion was  given  the  trolley  company  to  lay  their  tracks  through  the 
lawn  of  this  wide  street  alongside  of  the  roadway,  the  condition  was 
made  that  the  turf  should  be  kept  in  perfect  condition  between  the 
rails.   The  trolley  people  have  kept  the  pledge. 


ROUTE  50. 

Springfield,  and  a  "  side  trip  **  from 
Springfield  to  Holyoke,  Mount  Tom  and 
Northampton,  then  to  Williamsburgh  at 
the  foot  of  the  Berkshires. 


Springfield  will  ever  have  a  warm  place  in  the  memory  of 
trolley  travelers,  because  of  the  beauty  of  the  approaches  to  it  and 
the  exits  from  it.  Historically  all  this  valley  is  crowded  with  re- 
minders of  the  savage  Indian,  King  Philip,  and  the  cruelties  of  his 
war.  The  Court  Square  of  Springfield  is  an  ancient  place.  This  is 
one  of  the  most  bustling  of  New  England  cities,  and  the  latter  day 
residences  on  its  outskirts  are  delightful.  The  journeyer  may  not 
wait  over  here,  perhaps,  but  he  should  walk  about  between  cars; 
better  yet  rest  for  a  few  hours  and  dine  at  the  Worthy  House. 

As  indicated  above,  there  are  some  admirable  trolley  "  side  trips  " 
out  of  Springfield.  The  road  to  Boston  runs  to  the  East,  these 


Connecticut  and  Massachusetts. 


81 


*'  side  trips  "  are  to  the  West.  One  is  to  Holy  ok©  by  way  of  West 
Springfield— Holyoke,  that  splendid  water  power  city,  wherein 
everything  is  made,  paper  especially— and  to  Mount  Tom. 

Holyoke  is  50  minutes  away,  10  miles,  10  cents.  Movint  Tom, 
the  most  famous  mountain  in  Western  Massachusetts,  4  miles  further, 
5  cents  additional  (half  an  hour).  Mount  Tom  should  be  climbed, 
by  a  connecting  trolley  car,  for  its  view.  From  Holyoke  also  one 
can  trolley  to  NortnaLmpton,  where  college  girls  abound  and 
Novelist  George  W.  Cable  lives  (10  cents),  and  from  Northamp- 
ton to  WilliacmsburgK  at  the  foot  of  the  BerksKires  (one 
hour,  10  cents),  or  to  Amherst,  of  great  renown  (seven  miles 
away). 

In  Springfield  there  is  the  historic  United  States  Arsenal,  de- 
voted to  the  manufacture  of  small  arms.  This  can  be  visited  on 
application  to  the  commanding  officer.  It  is  a  wonderful  place. 
These  buildings  are  passed  on  the  route  to  Boston  (Route  51).  Ask 
the  trolley  car  conductor. 


ROUTE  51. 

The  Last  Stage  into  Boston.  From 
Springfield  over  the  mountains  into 
Ware.  There  is  no  longer  a  •'gap"  at 
Ware,  cars  now  running  from  here  to 
West  Brookfield  and  thence  through 
Spencer  and  Leicester  into  Worcester. 
From  the  latter  point,  though  the  old 
route  of  last  year  may  be  taken,  it  will 
be  best  for  the  tourist  to  board  the  new 
high-speed  trolley  cars  direct  into 
Boston.   40  miles,  2  hours. 


It  is  about  two  hours  from  Springfield  to  Ware  (cost  20  cents), 
and  from  Ware  to  Worcester  something  like  2>$  hours  more 
(40  cents  additional),  through  a  country  not  particularly  interesting, 
save  between  Waro  and  Springfield.  Indian  Orchard, 
Ludlow,  Palmer,  West  Warren,  Warren,  Brookfield. 
East  Brookfield,  Spencer  and  Leicester  lie  along  the  route. 
Unless  Springfield  is  stopped  at  for  the  night  good  accommoda- 
tions can  be  had  at  Ware. 

Worcester  is  one  of  the  attractive  cities  of  New  England,  and  its 
public  square  is  interesting.  The  trolley  traveler  will  not,  however, 
find  it  worth  while  to  stop  over  here,  as  he  might  very  profitably 
in  Hartford  or  Springfield. 


82 


Trolley  Exploring. 


The  High  Speed  line,  Worcester  to  Boston,  runs  very  largely 
over  a  private  right  of  way,  and  is  planned  to  be  a  trolley  road  of 
the  highest  type  yet  reached  in  America.  The  building  of  this  is  the 
beginning  of  the  making  of  Worcester  into  a  great  trolley  centre. 
Another  High  Speed  electric  road  is  to  extend  across  from 
Worcester  to  Hartford,  a  third  from  Worcester  to  Provi- 
dence. 

The  journey  over  the  new  road  takes  about  2  hours,  cost  35  cents, 
40  miles.  The  steam  railroad  is  being  competed  with  for  frequency 
and  convenience  of  traffic.  The  points  touched  comprise  :  Worces- 
ter, Shrewsbury,  Northboro,  Hudson,  Westboro,  South- 
boro,  Marlboro,  South  Framinghevrrv,  Framingham, 
Natick.  Wellesley,  Newton  and  Boston. 

As  an  alternative,  taking  over  four  hours  instead  of  two,  the  old 
route  of  last  year  is  given  from  Worcester.  To  Marlboro, 
through  Northboro,  15  cents,  16)£  miles,  \y%  hours ;  to  South 
Framingham,  10  cents,  one  hour  :  to  Natick,  10  cents.  Here  is 
a  choice  of  routes.  By  way  of  South  Natick,  Needh&m,  West 
Roxbury,  Forest  Hills.  Roxbury  and  Elevated  into  the  Bos- 
ton  Svibway.  15  cents,  2  hours.  The  second  route  is  through 
Wellesley  and  the  Newtons,  1^  hours  into  the  Svibway,  10 
cents,  the  more  attractive  run— in  Natick  there  is  a  walk  of  three 
blocks  to  the  Newton  car. 


OLD  JAIL  (1653),  YORK,  MAINE,  REACHED  BY  TROLLEY  FROM  BOSTON. 


About  the  Rub 


ROUTE  52. 

Suggested  Trips  Around  Boston. 


Aioand  Bostorv  there  is  many  a  fine  trolley  trip.  All  lines  start 
in  Boston  Subway  under  Bostorv  Common.  At  the  end 
)f  Route  51  two  lines  are  mentioned  out  to  Natick  that  are  fine 
>nes.   Other  possible  trips  are  : 

Through  the  Mystic  Valley,  boarding  a  Medford  car.  Through 
2harlestown  over  Winter  Hill,  Medford,  Winchester, 
IVoburn.  This  trip  could  be  extended 
-o  Nashvia,  New  Hampshire,  taking 
Lowell  in  on  the  way.  Return  from 
Winchester  by  way  of  Arlington 
,nd  Cambridge. 

Out  to  Concord  via  Lexington, 

>erhaps  the  most  historic  of  trips. 

To  Plymovith,  4  hours  and  46  min- 
ites,  65  cents  —  into  11  Pilgrim  Land." 
lake  car  to  Milton  Lower  Mills. 

To  Portsmouth,  Kittery,  York, 
p  into  Maine.  An  85V£  mile  tour  into 
fork  Beach  from  Boston,  costing 
1.10,  taking  7  hours  and  36  minutes. 

This  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
rolley  trips  in  the  country.   York  is  full  of  quaint  buildings,  in- 
luding  a  jail  of  much  and  notable  interest. 

Along  the  South  Shore  through  Q\iincy,  Hingham  and  Nan- 
\sket.   Take  car  marked  k '  Neponset  Bridge. " 

Along  the  North  Shore  to  Gloucester  (a  Boston  and  Lynn  car), 
ast  Chelsea,  Lynn,  Nahant,  Swampscott,  Marblehead, 

alem,  Beverly.  Beyond  Gloucester  to  Pigeon  Cove.  A 
iew  of  the  coast  and  the  Isles  of  Shoals  and  the  mountains  of 

aine  that  is  surpassing. 


BETSEY  WILLIAMS'  HOUSE, 
PROVIDENCE. 


/ 


Through.  Rhode  Island 

And  Boat  Connections. 

There  are  two  excellent  roads  into  Providence  from  Boston, 
and  a  line  from  Providence  to  Fall  River. 
For  details  Routes  53.  54,  55.  see  page  92. 

NOTE  —From  Providence  or  Fall  River  the  night  boat  should  be 
taken  into  New  York,  and  the  traveler  should  dine  aboard,  lhe 
best  14  liners"  make  the  cost  of  this  nighVs  travel  about  four  dollars 
a  verson,  including  stateroom,  but  not  including  dinner  or  break- 
fast. On  the  cheaper  boats  this  expense  can  be  reduced  very  ma- 
terially, however.    Consult  daily  papers. 

New  York  to 

Philadelphia. 


ROUTE  56. 

To  Trenton  by  direct  Trolley,  and  then 
connecting  boat  down  the  Delaware  River, 
or  the  choice  of  two  trolley  systems  into 
the  Quaker  City.  Trolley  and  Boat,  $2 
the  round  trip* 


Trolley  travel  into  Philadelphia,  from  New  York  has  at  last 
come  to  the  first  stages  of  practical  perfection.  A  trunk  trolley  line 
is  to  leave  Jersey  City  this  summer,  making  four  trips  each  way  a 
day  The  cars  will  run  to  Trenton,  where  they  will  meet  a  boat 
that  will  excursion  down  the  Delaware.  Trolley  trippers,  who  pref  ei 
to  go  by  electricity  all  the  way,  can  have  a  choice  of  routes  fronr 
Trenton,  one  through  Burlington  into  Camden,  all  the  waj 
upon  Jersey  shore ;  the  other  across  the  river  in  Pennsylvania 
through  Bristol  and  Torresdale. 

The  trolley  and  boat  fare,  single,  is  $1.10.  The  return  fare,  Nevi 
York  to  Trenton  is  $1.50  ;  single  fare  80  cents.  From  Trenton  t< 
Philadelphia,  by  trolley  is  about  50  cents,  and  it  takes,  allowing 
for  changing  cars,  from  two  to  three  hours. 

This  trunk  line  runs  over  the  suburban  Jersey  tracks  to  Nev 
Brunswick,  through  Newark  and  Elizabeth.  Plainf  ield  an< 
Bound  Brook  (see  Route  1.  pages  12-18),  5  hours  and  25  minute 
is  to  be  the  running  time. 


New  York  to  Philadelphia 


85 


TIME  TABLE, 

LEAVE                                                A.  M.  A.  M.  P.  M.  P.  M. 

New  York 'Cortlandt  St.)                  8.20  11.20  2.20  5.20 

Jersey  City                                         8.35  11.35  2.35  5.35 

P.  M. 

Newark                                              9.28  12.28  3.28  6.28 

Elizabeth                                            9.58  12.58  3.58  6.58 

Westfield                                          10.29  1.29  4.29  7.29 

Plainfield                                           11.06  2.06  5.0G  8.06 

Dunellen                                            11.24  2.24  5.24  8.24 

Bound  Brook                                      11.54  2.54  5.54  8.54 

P.  M. 

New  Brunswick                                  12.30  3.30  6.30  9.30 

Milltown  Junction                              12.47  3.47  6.47  9.47 

Trenton                                          2.00  5.00  8.00  11.00 


LEAVE 

Trentorv  


A.  M. 

8.00 


Milltown  Junction   9.13 

New  Brunswick    9.30 

Bound  Brook   10.06 

Dunellen   10.36 

Plainfield    10.54 

Westfield   11.81 

P.  M. 

Elizabeth   12.02 

Newark   12.32 

Jersey  City   1.25 

New  York  (Arrive)   1.3) 


A.  Iff. 

11.00 

P.  M. 

12.13 
12.30 
1.06 
1  36 
1.54 
2.31 

3.02 
3.32 
4.25 
4.30 


p.  iff. 
2.00 

3.13 


30 
06 
36 
54 
31 


6.02 
6.32 
7.25 
7.30 


T/touty  MAP 

TO 

PMLADftPW 


p.  v. 

5.00 

6.13 
6.30 
7.06 
7.36 
7.54 
8.31 

9.02 
9.32 
10.25 
10.30 


On  Stescten.  Island 


HOUGH  its  trolley  roads  cover  but  a  small  portion  of 
the  island,  Dot  as  yet  touching  the  southern  section  at 
all,  they  admit  of  interesting  even  if  brief  rides  and  in 
several  cases  little  trips  of  great  beauty.  On  them 
superb  views  may  be  had  of  the  Bay  and  the  Kills 
and  glimpses  of  the  interior  of  the  island. 

All  are  approached  by  the  ferry  to  St.  George  from  the  foot 
of  Whitehall  street.  Cars  may  be  taken  from  St.  George  to 
anywhere  on  Staten  Island.  Any  point  may  also  be  reached  by 
ferry  from  Bergen  Point  and  from  Elizabethport  (see  FLovite 
1  [Elizabeth]  and  Route  8.) 

Staten  Island  has  not  a  little  of  Colonial  memory,  but  little 
that  is  historic  remains  to-day.   Its  trolley  charm  is  a  scenic  one. 


ROUTE  57. 

St.  George  to  Holland  Hook  and  How- 
land  Hook  (ferry  to  ElizaLbethport  and 
thence  to  Elizabeth  and  beyond),  through 
New  Brighton,  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  Liv- 
ingston, West  New  Brighton,  Port  Rich- 
mond (ferry  to  Bergen  Point  and  thence 
to  all  parts  of  Jersey),  Mariners'  Harbor. 


A  little  trip  of  six  and  a  quarter  miles,  taking:  45  minutes  (fare 
5  cents)  along  the  Bay  and  past  Bergen  Point,  then  along  the 
lower  shores  of  Newark  Bay.  A  prepossessing  journey  along  the 
water.  The  fare  from  New  York  (ferry  at  the  Battery)  to  St. 
George  is  5  cents.  The  points  passed  through  are  New 
Brighton,  Sailors'  Snvig  Harbor,  Livingston,  West 
New  Brighton,  Port  Richmond— ferry  to  Bergen  Point 
(5  cents  across)— and  Mariners'  Harbor.  At  Howlarvd 
Hook  and  Holland  Hook  on  the  Kills  there  are  ferry  con- 
nections with  Elizabeth  port. 


On  St  at  en  Island. 


87 


ROUTE  58. 


St.  George  to  South  and  Midland 
Beaches  a.  rid  to  Richmond,  through 
Tompkinsville,  Stapleton,  Clifton,  Rose- 
ba^nk,  Fort  Wadsworth  and  New  Dorp. 


This  excursion  offers,  in  the  time  of  one  hour,  if  all  connec- 
tions can  be  made,  a  splendid  series  of  pictures  of  Staten 
Island's  South  Shore,  New  York's  Upper  and  Lower  Bay  and 
Narrows,  Fort  Wadsworth,  and  the  ever  popular  beaches, 
Sovith  and  Midland,  and  thence  across  into  the  country 
by  way  of  New  Dorp  into  the  island's  very  centre,  along  a 
charming  rural  road,  into  Richmond,  the  sleepy  county  seat 
of  the  old  island,  where  it  seems  as  if  civilization  had  scarcely 
penetrated. 

This  trip  runs  over  portions  of  four  lines,  and  its  journey  of 
miles  will  cost  at  least  15  cents,  probably  20.  Cars  will 
aave  to  be  changed,  probably  at  South  Bea^ch  for  Midland 
Beach,  and  at  Gra.nt  City  (here  taking  the  Richmond  car). 
k  5  cent  return  trip  is  possible  from  Richmond  to  St. 
George  direct  (see  FLovite  59).  But  the  combination  routs 
*iven  here  is  far  preferable  since  it  includes  bay  and  country- 
wide views. 

The  road  skirts  the  Bay  much  of  the  way  down,  passing 
rompkirvsville,  Ste^pletorv,  Clifton,  FLosebevnk,  Fort 
Wadsworth  and  Arrocha^r.  South  Beach  and  Mifjl^nd 
Beach  are  interesting.  At  Grant  City  a  train  could  be 
aken  to  Tottenville,  and  thence  a  ferry  to  Perth  Amboy 
See  Route  1,  near  end).  The  country  about  Richmond  is 
lelightful. 


St.  George  to  Midland  Beach  and  Rich- 
mond, through  Tompkinsville,  Garret- 
son,  Grant  City  and  New  Dorp. 


This  direct  line,  7%  miles  long,  45  minutes,  5  cents,  has  been 
tlluded  to  in  Route  43.  It  has  no  especial  advantages  except 
ts  shortness.  The  water  trip  (Route  58)  is  far  preferable. 


ROUTE  59. 


88 


Trolley  Exploring. 


ROUTE  60. 

St.  George  via.  Richmond  Turnpike 
and  Clove  roa.d  to  Port  Richmond. 


Since  last  summer  this  route  has  been  practically  made  into  two 
lines.  Some  of  the  cars  run  along  the  Richmond  Turnpike  to 
Cloverva  on  the  Clove  road,  others  keep  on  the  old  tracks  around 
by  Concord.  Tompkirvsville,  Clovena,  Castleton  Cor- 
ners, Prohibition  Park  and  WesterleigK  are  points  touched 
by  both  lines.  Silver  Lake,  the  new  Staten  Island  Park,  is  on  the 
first  named  line.   The  Clove  road  is  very  fine  scenically. 


Other  Near-by  Trolley 


Roads. 


OT  connected  with  any  of  the  preceding  systems  there 
are  yet  a  half  dozen  famous  trolley  trips  that  might 
well  be  taken  if  opportunity  should  come.  All  lead 
through  fine  sections  of  country  that  can  be  seen 
better  this  way  than  in  any  other. 


ROUTE  61. 

From  Albany  to  Caldwell  on  Lake 
George  and  Warrensburg  on  Schroon 
Lake.  A  branch  to  Ballston  Spa  and 
Saratoga. 


Seventy-one  miles  from  Albany  into  the  Lake  George 
country  and  touching  the  Schroon  country,  with  a  side  trip 

into  Saratoga  aud 
over  the  historic  Sara- 
toga battle  ground, 
does  this  electric  line 
run.  The  single  fare 
over  it  from  Albany 
to  Lake  George  is 
$1.25,  and  the  time 
consumed  in  making 
the  trip  about  5  hours. 
The  liue  runs  through 
Watervliet  and  Co- 
hoes,  Waterford, 
Lansirvgburgh, 
Troy,  Mecharvic- 
ville  (here  branching 
to  FLovirvd  Lake, 
Ballston  Spa,  Sar- 
atoga Springs  and 
Saratoga  Lake), 
Schuylerville,  Fort 

the  surrender  tree,11  on  trolley  to       Edward,  Sandy 
lake  george.  Hill,  Glens  Falls, 


90 


Trolley  Exploring. 


Caldwell,  Warrensbvjrg.  The  cars  are  heavy,  handsomely  ap- 
pointed, and  all  have  smoking  compartments  forward.  The  cars 
of  the  Hudson  Valley  Railroad  Company  should  be  inquired  for 
in  Albany. 

This  country  is  rich  in  picturesqueness  and  historic  traditions. 
The  cars  run,  for  part  of  the  way,  along  the  old  military  road 
from  Fort  Orange  (Albany)  to  Canada.  Up  towards  Schuyler- 
ville  marched  in  Colonial  days  the  warriors  of  the  Five  Nations. 
Close  by  here  was  the  Revolutionary  battle  of  Bemis  Heights, 
in  1T77.  Near  here,  also,  Fort  Saratoga  was  surprised  and  Cap- 
tain Philip  Schuyler  massacred.  The  old  Schuyler  Mansion  is 
still  standing.  Too,  there  is  the  spot,  marked  by  a  great  tree, 
where  Burgoyne  surrendered  to  Gates,  and  a  monument  whose 
cornerstone  was  laid  in  1877. 

Fort  Edward  was  the  scene  of  many  frontier  romances,  and 
its  life  as  a  trading  post  began  in  1709.  All  through  this  region 
there  is  a  vast  amount  of  history  to  be  pleasantly  unearthed. 

At  Glens  Falls  is  Uncas'  and  Deerslayer's  cave  (''The  Last  of 
the  Mohicans1').  Above  the  village  is  Bloody  Pond  (French  and 
Indian  War. in  1755). 


ROUTE  62. 

Albany  to  Hudson. 


New  York  connection  with  Albany  is  far  from  complete  by 
trolley.    An  electric  road  runs,  however,  down  to  Hudson. 

It  is  one  of  the  very  finest  of  trolleying  trips,  and  many  people 
have  journeyed  to  Albany  for  the  express  purpose  of  taking  it. 
A  30-mile  journey,  it  makes  a  famous  jaunt  of  an  afternoon,  and 
leads  through  a  grand  bit  of  the  Hudson's  valley.  Much  beautiful 
scenery  is  on  every  hand.  Points  passed  are  Castleton,  Scho- 
dack,  Kinderhook  of  historic  note.  The  Catskills  loom  up 
across  the  river.  Half  way  to  Hudson  from  Albany  is  a  lake  with 
a  miniature  high-class  Coney  Island  upon  it.  including  a  summer 
theatre. 


R.OUTE  63. 

Sing  Sing  (Ossining)  to  White  Plains. 


This  line  is  well  under  way  from  the  point  of  building,  but  it  is 
impossible  to  say  when  it  will  be  in  operation,  hardly  at  any  time 
this  year.   A  very  important  link,  however,  of  the  near  future. 


Other  Near-by  Trolley  Lines, 


91 


R.OUTE  64o 

Da.nbury,  Conn.,  to  Sing  Sing. 


Eventually  to  link  the  Connecticut  systems  and  the  Hudson.  Its 
first 44 piece  "  will  be  DaLnbviry  to  Golden's  Bridge.  N.  Y„  14 
miles.  12  miles  have  already  been  grade  d.  Then  it  will  come  down 
to  Pleevsa^ntville,  13^j  miles  more.  Not  a  possibility  for  at  least 
a  year. 


ROUTE  65. 

Poughkeepsie  over  the  raJlroaLd  bridge 
across  the  Hudson  to  New  Paltz. 


One  of  the  most  charming  of  electric  road  trips.  The  view 
after  leaving  Povighkeepsie,  from  the  bridge  over  the  Hudson, 
is  superb.  From  the  west  side  of  the  river  the  line  runs  through 
a  fine  rural  region.  Fare  25  cents,  excursion,  40  cents.  Time, 
50  minutes  to  an  hour. 


ROUTE  66. 

New  York  to  Portchester. 


A  through  line,  operating  rapid  electric  trains,  on  four  tracks, 
that  has  been  planned.  Construction  not  started  yet  because  of 
ltigation.  The  plans  include  a  road,  24  miles  long  from  the  eastern 
end  of  the  underground  system  to  the  Connecticut  State  line.  It 
will  be  twenty-four  miles  long,  with  stations  at  One  Hundred  and 
Seventy- seventh  street,  Mount  Vernon,  Pelham,  New  Rochelle, 
Larchmont,  Mamaroneck  and  Port  Chester.  A  maximum  speed  of 
sixty-five  miles  per  hour  is  promised.  Fares,  cne-third  ordinary 
railroad  fares.   No  grade  crossings. 


Rhode  Island  Trolleying 

See  page  84. 


ROUTE  53. 

Boston  to  Providence  by  way  of  Forest 
Hills,  Dedham,  Ea.st  Walpole,  Walpole, 
Mansfield,  Norton,  Taunton. 


Into  Providence  by  way  of  Dedham  is  an  agreeable  bit  of 
journeying  through  Eastern  Massachusetts  and  an  admirable  return 
from  Boston.  It  is  a  run  of  close  to  7  hours,  through  attractive 
countryside  and  towns,  past  Forest  Hills,  Cast  Walpole,  Wad- 
pole,  Dedham,  Norwood,  Mansfield,  Norton  and  Taunton. 
Fares  75  cents.    Take  Huntington  avenue  car,  Boston  Subway. 


ROUTE  54. 

Boston  to  Providence  or  to  Fall  River 
and  Newport,  by  way  of  Quincy,  Brain- 
tree,  Brockton  and  Taunton. 


An  alternative  route  to  the  above,  a  little  shorter  in  time,  through 
Neponset,  Quincy,  Braintree,  Brockton.  Taunton  to  Fall 
River,  58  miles,  5^£  hours,  78  cents  fare;  to  Newport,  76  miles,  7J4 
hours,  $1.03  fare. 


ROUTE 

55. 

Providence    to  Fall 

River    and  New 

Bedford. 

A  short  "electric  train1'  journey,  20 

cents.   Pleasing  water  views 

along  the  line.  From  Fall  River  a  trolley  car  can  be  taken  into 
New  Bedford. 


Important  Trolley  Trips 


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DISTANCE, 
MILES. 

FARE, 
CENTS. 

time  : 

HRS. 

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MIN. 



7# 

5 

40 

40 

12 

5 

1 

04 

41 

Far  Rockaway,  L.  I  

22 

15 

1 

47 

43 

28 

15 

2 

05 

13 

5 

1 

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50 

22% 

15 

2 

19 

65 

Yonkers,  N.  Y  

13M 

10 

1 

20 

57 

29# 

20 

2 

56 

65 

14% 

10 

1 

36 

62 

27}4 

25 

2 

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63 

20 

20 

1 

30 

S  24 
j  28 

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10 

40 

28 

8 

10 

48 

11 

Elizabeth  N  J 

15 

15 

1 

X 

18 

13 

38# 

35 

3 

22 

16 

Plainfield,  N.  J  

29^ 

30 

2 

33 

17 

51X 

55 

4 

38 

17 

14 

16 

1 

33 

21 

7 

10 

40 

28 

Note. —  This  time  does  not  include  the  time  lost  in  making 
connections. 

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